peerblock-setup.exe

Full Spectrum Interactive

The application peerblock-setup.exe by Full Spectrum Interactive has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.uberdownloads.net.
Publisher:
Modern New Installer  (signed by Full Spectrum Interactive)

Product:
Modern New Installer

Version:
33.9.8.1085

MD5:
08f287f31411144a3c72c008acf16dc3

SHA-1:
b2bb71986969b57dc82fa0504d3305d24aa281d5

SHA-256:
873876c7f0e2190c7a52c9c69a50cf5fed5e8a4327cfd9043e8763db3bd723b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 2:36:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
17.1.25.11

File size:
872 KB (892,968 bytes)

Product version:
33.9.8.1085

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\peerblock-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/6/2015 5:40:44 PM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 4:41:52 PM

Subject:
CN=Full Spectrum Interactive, O=Full Spectrum Interactive, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00C38AD160BBA36A58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2014 1:28:36 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4AB3

Entry point:
E8, C8, 8D, 00, 00, E9, CA, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, A0, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 0D, 28, 3B, 41, 00, 8B, 15, 60, 3B, 41, 00, A1, B0, 3A, 41, 00, 56, 8B, B4, 24, A8, 00, 00, 00, 57, 89, 4C, 24, 60, 8D, 4C, 24, 58, 89, 54, 24, 68, 8B, 15, C0, 3A, 41, 00, 51, 89, 44, 24, 5C, A1, 70, 3B, 41, 00, 52, 33, FF, 56, C7, 44, 24, 68, 50, B8, 40, 00, C7, 44, 24, 70, 80, BC, 40, 00, C7, 44, 24, 78, 50, B9, 40, 00, 89, 44, 24, 7C, C7, 84, 24, 80, 00, 00, 00, 30, C7, 40, 00, 89, BC, 24, 84, 00, 00, 00, 89, BC, 24, 88, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9680  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

The file peerblock-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.uberdownloads.net/download/.../dl?bc=812133&pid=TR&brand=uberdownloads.net&aid=DLM&s=bing&c=uber_DLM_Bulk_CCUS_All&country=US&cb=-1170179027&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1195513

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