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setup_v5.exe

White Sea Media

The application setup_v5.exe by White Sea Media has been detected as adware by 8 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:
7a14a7b92fe94f41455cf5b43a46e68b

SHA-1:
3ec3e837d3866aa4e403c8a00163cce950f8aa0f

SHA-256:
ea06c77139dd8b885e13e55e4d4bb938cedba7b9a6f6deb43df4d86d5142ddc7

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of a backdoor IRC bot network.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 9:30:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:BitCoinMiner-FC [Trj]
2014.9-140117

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3592

Dr.Web
Trojan.BtcMine.221
9.0.1.017

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.BitCoinMiner
t3scan.2.2.29

McAfee
Artemis!7A14A7B92FE9
5600.7248

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WhiteSeaMedia.I
14.8.7.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0108
7.2.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Backdoor.Win32.Ircbot.gen
25478

File size:
1.2 MB (1,285,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup_v5.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 3:12:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Cph2Z+YA9vVlB4/Xw4b0LWQ3pQRPSihxxdZBHyQHpzbKCC3OzV:CCsL/lV4gLWkqFxxdbHtxbKCQOzV

Entry address:
0x344000

Entry point:
83, EC, 04, 50, 53, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, CC, 58, 89, C3, 40, 2D, 00, 20, 13, 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, D8, D5, 87, 49, 68, 02, 81, B1, 2D, 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, B5, 60, A0, 72, 32, 06, B0, 85, 00, 6D, 47, 06, F5, 81...
 
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Code size:
28.5 KB (29,184 bytes)

The file setup_v5.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.shoppingsuggestion.com/setup_v5.exe

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