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phxabea.exe

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The application phxabea.exe by blinkx 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
blinkx  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ba25904ae104dcc7f90f9ad771e17dbb

SHA-1:
3e1156a54e1cbe50bfd39469a33bc81ac206204a

SHA-256:
9e96a70913f039b409056e780860d1c431e8b62e752bc32d5c699b742fa9505e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/26/2024 11:43:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.blinkx
15.3.9.20

File size:
2.2 MB (2,331,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\phxabea.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
blinkx

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/25/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/25/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=blinkx, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=blinkx, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
410DBE507419B199FB304EA092CD44BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:6H9dM8/+shO7f+2Un+aZiJbIQLFoMpRx/+FXw9blt45rT3b165n6fggr1d:CLM8/7eU+aZA7xWXgt4xr2KT

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9929

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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