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setup_shopuk.exe

Neon Alchemist Station

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application setup_shopuk.exe by Neon Alchemist Station 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.airdlr7.com. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Neon Alchemist Station  (signed and verified)

Description:
Ybmwwpw

Version:
24.15.21.3

MD5:
c21d86d77e73a9acb1bba0c0d338f9a4

SHA-1:
2e1042c64e567853bc36e0f4149bf5ecd53edaaa

SHA-256:
07d04893efa918950d9235a54372999f13fe30c976e03bdb5aee3c5d6669592d

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:
12/25/2024 2:15:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle.NeonAlchemistStation.Installer (M)
16.2.13.17

File size:
10.9 MB (11,466,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup_shopuk.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Neon Alchemist Station

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Neon Alchemist Station, O=Neon Alchemist Station, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

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

Serial number:
4682924DB7F76F78C4C54215DBB9CE75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 1:55:11 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:3zBbd7mQ6mbQ9DHZ+QNYhq0aR2UyNoEhFz4y02s7y78wyuMX9h8rKnNPtB64YeMX:jBd7mQfQ9jg+aqRWhFz9021vyu0me1Do

Entry address:
0x412D

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 73, 45, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 74, 45, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 74, 45, 00, 56, A3, F4, E7, 44, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 50, E8, 44, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, A9, B2, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 74, 45, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, AA, B2, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994  (probably packed)

Code size:
33.5 KB (34,304 bytes)

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

http://cdn.airdlr7.com/downloads/offers/.../setup_shopuk.exe

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