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saveas.exe

Setup

Moshe Karaso

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 saveas.exe by Moshe Karaso 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from storagenl.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
CloudSoft  (signed by Moshe Karaso)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2012.12.19.1900

MD5:
bfd67242d7d71d32234b6beadc875100

SHA-1:
18c2cd8bc596eb7d2e1c08041229f1024c030d73

SHA-256:
2296ca0c34abdfb5a35936d48c6c3c68f16db06980804f8dd6ff8b930b3c4743

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:
12/25/2024 12:08:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
16.8.8.10

File size:
299.1 KB (306,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 CloudSoft

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\saveas.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Moshe Karaso

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/15/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/16/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Moshe Karaso, O=Moshe Karaso, STREET=Nahum 19, L=Ramat Gan, S=center, PostalCode=52233, C=IL

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

Serial number:
55036D3C9B5C690240A409061736347F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/30/2012 2:03:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5rnLlRH9Oy6tq6JczwsIiPGzM/kjql9zmW5vkJFFwX4XTAtbmn:5rnZRH9Oy6tNJ4wsC84ql9j5voX8t6n

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

http://storagenl.info/.../?affiliate_id=k1&uuid=753306

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

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

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