pacho.exe

Lior Sela

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application pacho.exe, “Installer for StarApp” by Lior Sela has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from superfilesdatay.asia. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
StarApp  (signed by Lior Sela)

Product:
StarApp

Description:
Installer for StarApp

Version:
2013.6.30.1726

MD5:
91c65e7711f0a4cbc8952234c0c4c279

SHA-1:
00ad3cca1792315348589a959874b7d339879489

SHA-256:
02b96b643b3724e6ffac6b12117c1c9c6b8bef8c0d2ae5ebe10c30b10332e3f5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 7:13:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer (M)
16.6.27.22

File size:
286.8 KB (293,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 StarApp

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pacho.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/21/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Lior Sela, O=Lior Sela, STREET=Moshe Sharet 46, L=Beer Sheva, S=Beer Sheva, PostalCode=84786, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D39C56B89258E40E737B2AEDA8D3D3E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 4:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:drk26Y0JQBkQRl7174NpNUM+UHs+Kzr6MEmYCByAXuwdvCL+ob:drk263yRl1uqM+gs+KndEuDjK6E

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file pacho.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=228587208&publisher_id=285&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=685761624&external_id=0&session_id=1371523248&hardware_id=1600110456&installer_file_name=pacho+

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