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M/s Children Code

The application prefetch.exe, “Setup Application” by M/s Children Code has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Setup Factory installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.doubleoptmedia.com.
Publisher:
DoubleOptMedia  (signed by M/s Children Code)

Product:
DoubleOptMedia

Description:
Setup Application

Version:
1.0.4.0

MD5:
471869398f0a392fd008eb159934d15f

SHA-1:
1c0c58a6b5a2d79bd6e48804e16e60660cb811fa

SHA-256:
5ab2af83dc79877af1a1b1b62633e6d05391f3a112ad27c5b794183b19c84864

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:38:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1052

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
1.0.20.395

Dr.Web
Tool.BtcMine.141
9.0.1.079

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
8.14.03.20.03

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
11.2014-20-03_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
14.3.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Symmi.39392
15.0.0.237

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MsChildrenCode.I
14.4.7.1

File size:
7.6 MB (7,955,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.4.0

Copyright:
DoubleOptMedia Copyright ?1992-2012 DoubleOptMedia

Trademarks:
DoubleOptMedia is a trademark of DoubleOptMedia

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Setup Factory

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
M/s Children Code

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/10/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/11/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=M/s Children Code, O=M/s Children Code, STREET="Plot No. F-125,", STREET="Sector 74,", STREET="Industrial Area, Phase 8B", L=Mohali, S=Punjab, PostalCode=160071, C=IN

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

Serial number:
355CDFD525F643928F3A5700D87F0799

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2011 10:06:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:WKDNRS6uGOzXtoa/lrHfKS4bkyUHyivGH7QbnUpwzEHDdVpdf8:WeHPE/ZHiS4bkyUSlQbnim+d3dk

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9826  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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

http://downloads.doubleoptmedia.com/g8v2g.exe

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