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plants_vs_zombies_2-zip.exe

Firefox

Evgen Kugitko

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application plants_vs_zombies_2-zip.exe by Evgen Kugitko has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from ec2-54-88-185-190.compute-1.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Mozilla Corporation  (signed by Evgen Kugitko)

Product:
Firefox

Description:
Install Plugins

Version:
28.0

MD5:
9a2468db6c91f0972a1deb9f199e9910

SHA-1:
2d780b6db987d449416ca51dea1e732b479f12e9

SHA-256:
8e48958c13e18cf9e4f1b87058c09ac7eefda63505f5f701d9acaa3aeafb3e48

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:
12/27/2024 1:48:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick (M)
16.7.19.9

File size:
791.7 KB (810,728 bytes)

Product version:
28.0

Copyright:
and Mozilla Developers; available under the MPL 2 license.

Trademarks:
is a Trademark of The Mozilla Foundation.

Original file name:
firefox.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\plants_vs_zombies_2-zip.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Evgen Kugitko

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/25/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Evgen Kugitko, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4179EA1BEC59D4CA7E66862832555480

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VloGeKNpWzQdzzkq0H8heryHW4ZDFnespPPBXbwN774Y5wKxHZ02BM8:gNgzrhlHfeOpXbwpfBV

Entry address:
0x10A936

Entry point:
53, 8D, 05, 88, B0, 50, 00, 8B, 08, 0F, B6, 01, 2C, B8, 5B, 0F, 85, D5, 37, 0B, 00, 58, E9, FA, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
868 KB (888,832 bytes)

The file plants_vs_zombies_2-zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ec2-54-88-185-190.compute-1.amazonaws.com/6iO3nHex6uQ/lydCquoNukQavb2F2l5NFg/lydCquoNukSg8CGqyueZFg/1usHxq5MA5DOJNRX7sLpTSeHNIzACUmi/.../8P2_ifLCEWDKQieFi2_D9g

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