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setup_v4.exe

White Sea Media

The application setup_v4.exe by White Sea Media has been detected as adware by 7 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 an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.shoppingsuggestion.com.
Publisher:
White Sea Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7401069e17f11a7130c3418d2efcaab2

SHA-1:
bfba5919e6c9353a032f91794429dc35b18c5399

SHA-256:
421210b8c0e37f60f15c50d95936257e0c4367c8ed6552a63791efdd70b962f1

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of a backdoor IRC bot network.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 9:37:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-FC [Trj]
2014.9-140104

Dr.Web
Trojan.BtcMine.221
9.0.1.04

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.2.2.29

McAfee
Artemis!7401069E17F1
5600.7261

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WhiteSeaMedia.I
14.8.7.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0101
7.2.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.Ircbot.gen
25178

File size:
1.2 MB (1,263,328 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup_v4.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
White Sea Media

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2014 1:59:59 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:
12/27/2013 2:26:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xkh6bi8zXXweKZXQrIXXcsRlHjF3H6fP+rjuWgpmtjapcC73nanSbbYnTAwh0kvN:xc6GogeBMXTjF3H6fmHVgstS737UTAwR

Entry address:
0x336000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, C0, 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, 72, 2D, 6E, 4C, 68, 15, DB, FD, 70, 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, AC, 60, A5, 6E, A8, 61, 6A, 76, 0F, 00, 9C, C3, C5, 74...
 
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Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

The file setup_v4.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.shoppingsuggestion.com/setup_v4.exe

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