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pdfdownload.exe

WoW Software

Moshe Karaso

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 pdfdownload.exe by Moshe Karaso 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

pdfdownload.exe

Publisher:

WoW Worldwide Software LTD (signed by Moshe Karaso)

Product:

WoW Software

Description:

Installer

Version:

2012.12.31.1118

MD5:

70d5ee363543f5869d3d2bdbd7d1cf82

SHA-1:

f5c973a4fb41f30b5d718f15395504fcb13c34bf

SHA-256:

d9b02e6356a6cb9d9519ab7ffd1b409785b3c3c7e128c04d7bae65b3a8dd45d2

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:

12/25/2024 1:16:36 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebPick (M)

17.3.13.19

File size:

300.6 KB (307,808 bytes)

Product version:

1.0

Original file name:

TSULoader.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdfdownload.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Moshe Karaso

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

11/15/2012 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/16/2013 6:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Moshe Karaso, O=Moshe Karaso, STREET=Nahum 19, L=Ramat Gan, S=center, PostalCode=52233, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

55036D3C9B5C690240A409061736347F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/30/2012 8:03:49 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

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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Entropy:

7.9618

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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=630999486&publisher_id=309&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=1892998458&external_id=0&session_id=3785996916&hardware_id=4416996402&installer_file_name=pdfdownload

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