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setup-christmaspersona.exe

Brand Thunder LLC

The application setup-christmaspersona.exe by Brand Thunder has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Brand Thunder LLC  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup

Version:
9.0.30729.1 built by: SP

MD5:
3bca3ba10432272756202d1831097da1

SHA-1:
2720a772efd20e4decb0964919971be16c500f7e

SHA-256:
727786a2b73ba79973641058a1ad0222ca79a19096ce9e13e6a39234de523762

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 1:27:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrandThunder (M)
17.1.15.20

File size:
674.7 KB (690,856 bytes)

Product version:
9.0.30729.1

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brand Thunder LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/7/2011 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brand Thunder LLC, O=Brand Thunder LLC, L=Columbus, S=Ohio, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
26319BF7B6ED3749424F83D8CBC3A145

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/29/2008 4:45:50 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x28EE8

Entry point:
E8, 94, 4B, 00, 00, E9, 73, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 75, 11, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, 3E, 4C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 17, 13, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 0F, 1F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, CE, 0B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10...
 
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Entropy:
5.6195

Code size:
291 KB (297,984 bytes)

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