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The application ows.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from i1.installbox1.info and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
23c6d9f83cd07d4e3ada6a0a5dd7fe26

SHA-1:
68df9cec4a563e8cae01ada8d29039ffb13cd44c

SHA-256:
21c48e6e65dc7ca08044408095b60364db863986ea06ad02d0d835c7b02739c6

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 3:23:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.GadgetBox
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Dropper/KorAd.125010
2016.01.30

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.GadgetBox
4.0.3.16224

Dr.Web
Adware.Searcher.2436
9.0.1.055

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.GadgetBox.C potentially unwanted (variant)
10.12950

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PUP
2/24/2016

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Pasta
14.0.0.614

McAfee
Generic PUP
5600.6480

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Searcher.csnyhu
1.0.14.5798

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.d77
1.0.0.1077

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_BHO
7.2.55

Trend Micro
ADW_BHO
10.465.24

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
46848

File size:
607.8 KB (622,351 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\addons\ows.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 5:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:grLWsM7tTqsmrN/tqm8HODzHYh4Gl2SEcHiyAxJn3O4NOzTAXVu:gr6sATCR/6Cc0r3O4NOzTAXVu

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9825

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file ows.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://i1.installbox1.info/.../alnaddytoolbar_east.exe

http://i1.installbox2.info/.../alnaddytoolbar_east.exe

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