skypemoticons.exe

Oleh Aleksyuk

The application skypemoticons.exe, “Installer for ShowAppIt” by Oleh Aleksyuk 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 Tarma Installer installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from bluegral.com.
Publisher:
ShowAppIt  (signed by Oleh Aleksyuk)

Product:
ShowAppIt

Description:
Installer for ShowAppIt

Version:
2014.9.14.1647

MD5:
8ad4aaf1a9540e8557472b8ee6088c8f

SHA-1:
77777a5742f21fbfd232c34a03a7f7b6194fbcb2

SHA-256:
460600a2cdda802c4673ae4607c837a928e103fa2cb97a06633c6803f790b95f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses Web-Pick's 'File Product', an Installer which wraps various products and downloads and installs it silently through the process, hosted on TusFiles.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 7:42:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.OlehAleksyuk.Installer (M)
16.2.28.10

File size:
314.6 KB (322,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 ShowAppIt

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Tarma Installer

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
6/24/2014 11:42:54 AM

Valid to:
6/24/2015 11:42:54 AM

Subject:
E=oleh.aleksyuk@hotmail.com, CN=Oleh Aleksyuk, O=Oleh Aleksyuk, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Certum Code Signing CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
3F42151CCAD6E8C610946EE44021DAF5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 9:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9rJbUzkuvcBYC47l2xb8YFZu5i/+4G/7No3t01tO768G+Conw1q:9r6kuveY33sZmi/+To3tKtO768Hnw1q

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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