pretty little liars.exe

Eli Dahan

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application pretty little liars.exe, “Installer for StarApp” by Eli Dahan 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
StarApp  (signed by Eli Dahan)

Product:
StarApp

Description:
Installer for StarApp

Version:
2013.8.14.1907

MD5:
b9a4222ef25a9c78e5dbcead1f47bd96

SHA-1:
dd9be2111f293960d50bf72715601366b4c8bed4

SHA-256:
711eb55224ac2de6859e583db39ad433f7cefece79bb03dfaf133c8887ef8f48

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
11/2/2024 5:18:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware (M)
17.2.8.19

File size:
294.2 KB (301,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 StarApp

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\pretty little liars.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/10/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/11/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Eli Dahan, O=Eli Dahan, STREET=Halapid 3, L=Ramat Gan, S=Center, PostalCode=52573, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00864002C7281B93C1609931176B93A6AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 10:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=582935022&publisher_id=829&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=1748805066&external_id=0&session_id=3497610132&hardware_id=4080545154&installer_file_name=pretty+little+liars

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