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setup1.exe

White Sea Media

The application setup1.exe by White Sea Media has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This is a malicious Bitcoin miner. Bitcoin-mining malware is designed to force computers to generate Bitcoins for cybercriminals' use and consumes computing power. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.shoppingsuggestion.com.
Publisher:
White Sea Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dbe614c7374f83736eb0da4f0989af74

SHA-1:
5d97fa59cf2128dc869719e4e04e38bf5d6d2a8a

SHA-256:
c827bfcfa466976b3e09d6175e0d93a910d8ec103937ad804fc57b6435a1ca08

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of a backdoor IRC bot network.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 9:32:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-FC [Trj]
2014.9-140113

Dr.Web
Trojan.BtcMine.221
9.0.1.0363

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.XpAntivirus.AJ
8.13.12.29.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WhiteSeaMedia.G
14.8.7.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1223
7.2.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.Ircbot.gen
24960

File size:
1.2 MB (1,266,400 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
White Sea Media

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=White Sea Media, O=White Sea Media, STREET=4142 Mariner Blvd, L=Spring Hill, S=FL, PostalCode=34609, C=US

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

Serial number:
1FB235ACA7565BA27ADC702B2BD05C7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/18/2013 8:08:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NiWZuwYvVar0DQ0jLR9+bs5ZQlmgZ0Y696ZGj3acoC1J2l+qmYt2cYj:Ni3u0ljLR9NYW6ZGjKcoCWAqmYt2R

Entry address:
0x335000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 90, 12, 00, 2D, 8F, 8E, 0A, 10, 05, 84, 8E, 0A, 10, 80, 3B, CC, 75, 19, C6, 03, 00, BB, 00, 10, 00, 00, 68, 90, 4B, A9, 4F, 68, 1C, E7, 00, 41, 53, 50, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, 83, C0, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, 5B, 58, C3, 55, 89, E5, 50, 53, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 0C, C1, E9, 02, 8B, 45, 10, 8B, 5D, 14, 85, C9, 74, 0A, 31, 06, 01, 1E, 83, C6, 04, 49, EB, F2, 5E, 59, 5B, 58, C9, C2, 10, 00, 9C, CA, C2, 9D, B8, 02, 23, F9, F0, 2A, 8F, AD, 9D, 11...
 
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Code size:
49.5 KB (50,688 bytes)

The file setup1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.shoppingsuggestion.com/detection5u.exe

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