picasa.exe

Mepo

BULLY UNITY LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application picasa.exe, “Mepo Setup ” by BULLY UNITY 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.contentmetadelivery.com.
Publisher:
Cinafo   (signed by BULLY UNITY LTD)

Product:
Mepo

Description:
Mepo Setup

MD5:
ddae969e5d26df9b946d1c92825bbef7

SHA-1:
f331750b09588d8a9521083ec618535988c1ea5d

SHA-256:
dae267aa6f3e0ca58f2cc44d2c4d7f632ceac9b7d2ab22875a059307edc7d451

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/23/2025 7:01:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.14.0

File size:
1.6 MB (1,679,408 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/9/2016 12:55:02 PM

Valid to:
8/10/2017 12:55:02 PM

Subject:
CN=BULLY UNITY LTD, O=BULLY UNITY LTD, L=Jerusalem, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
60FCAE84E0126FC8F49EC1AD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.contentmetadelivery.com/Kk AaL_55dt0_ttQT8ZWtxhdbduECzQY6LQX67WpQLKIA14UiZNLw3iR5wLF05z0fZXENrS7l3fQxV3v7HRroaP7HwlbK2I2vAl2Yxp Hzjy5MrkIfto8NnptMam_Zo_u7hsfZ0NthUpzVqwr0H_VCdQzE35XOBbqhtIxAS4cjwAFfok2NJ1rZyLCyqlbTDGn4eBj9bMz_hwtNFwQCufVaURiC0bagR3blxHzUaHpxbBJtLtw4QLIXJO_fDegPaW c7ftivCv4XNJhHz5UShtEbDq0Y U1QkLZqWv6nCwBzs6e4TdFt2UJPw08mvceRcPkpIyEN8CGqJ_icbPd4DPME_pIE5EWfI_YUWgwGD2LTE4LL0JIHl6PYY3oVV0_tsyjsy4U_W6Nj7Sr11lv8uUeMtfgrpwN9lbw 2pRgrTf_hjTTugJsBooWe1tjLd5NFad7izxYX iLdIsvBe98tHZw_2YW_WdJnS4GWZuGmd5OdoP90cQ0=-G2kAAORte69pY0lrSoWEkCmWJ6ccOLSikmt 4QPwQTcGD_3wIajNILfxuMzogm IPO_jo7S32xCOX1s pWsZk1GiF GOoKnICjVo5SxfFCMA

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