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salus_install.exe

IMedia Holdings Ltd.

The application salus_install.exe by IMedia Holdings 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
IMedia Holdings Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Install

Version:
2.03.25.0

MD5:
8a70831cc610f2fb57b0620aca2ade07

SHA-1:
ffd712141eca3e0270eeb2cce68361e33b836ff0

SHA-256:
80b8faaea037c34562e70fe1f420a98c7f4a949cbdbbd2dba2c540db6357103c

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 6:07:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.iMedia (M)
17.2.8.20

File size:
4 MB (4,192,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IMedia Holdings Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/19/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/20/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IMedia Holdings Ltd., O=IMedia Holdings Ltd., STREET=63 Hoi Yuen Road Kwun Tong, L="Kwun Tong, Kowloon", S=Kowloon, PostalCode=000000, C=HK

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

Serial number:
195D67AB1498A113C8A2DA8962CB7B16

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 8:01:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3219

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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