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Worldwide Web Research

Media Codecs Interactive LLC

The application prefetch.exe, “Setup Application” by Media Codecs 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. The program is a setup application that uses the Setup Factory installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Media Codecs Interactive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Worldwide Web Research

Description:
Setup Application

Version:
1.0.4.0

MD5:
621203e81a38308e1ecb94d4bad52e03

SHA-1:
296d16dfcc4d741757cd8ac82358b401f88d04af

SHA-256:
0e1cf1397b0315c0e67ba5a53bae72608b844c00bbcd1d7fda8ecace4d0f8c44

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:
12/25/2024 12:48:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MediaCod.Installer (M)
16.4.21.0

File size:
8.5 MB (8,874,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.4.0

Copyright:
Worldwide Web Research Copyright ?1992-2012 Worldwide Web Research

Trademarks:
Worldwide Web Research is a trademark of Media Codecs Interactive

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:
Media Codecs Interactive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Media Codecs Interactive LLC, O=Media Codecs Interactive LLC, STREET="2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, PostalCode=19808, C=US

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

Serial number:
63947F076DDE97DF55EEFBFED004A037

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/16/2011 11:06:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:0KDNRu6uGZX5Il/1556bxnZTod1cbalZpdsBAW/l:0eHLi95567To8wfsjl

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:
7.9856  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

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