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DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS LLC

The application start.exe by DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1c4c6a3e0f09e1cadd1f52e8bc2c8f82

SHA-1:
e16ef82e3b05c6854bc2049b3ab4f599b9187633

SHA-256:
dd6cac92fc4b6b64be428152583a69ff73204795897bf33eee0ed77514dd5b7f

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:
4/28/2025 4:32:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DoubleOpt Media (M)
16.6.29.23

File size:
110 KB (112,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\worldwide web research\start.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS LLC

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
10/9/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/12/2017 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS LLC, O=DOUBLE OPT MEDIA PARTNERS LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0289DEB63998EB06A29C8E7F34C73E75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2015 12:27:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Z7BJIErV18mVp03C4VMa1LtxMRvc5m0HQiUAPU:P7H4nxMRc5XQR7

Entry address:
0x898E

Entry point:
E8, CE, 57, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, 35, D0, 50, 41, 00, 57, FF, 35, 30, D2, 41, 00, FF, D6, FF, 35, 2C, D2, 41, 00, 8B, D8, 89, 5D, FC, FF, D6, 8B, F0, 3B, F3, 0F, 82, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8B, FE, 2B, FB, 8D, 47, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 75, 53, E8, 03, 59, 00, 00, 8B, D8, 8D, 47, 04, 59, 3B, D8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, D8, 73, 02, 8B, C3, 03, C3, 3B, C3, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, 91, 58, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, C0, 75, 16, 8D, 43, 10, 3B, C3, 72, 3E, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.5048

Code size:
77 KB (78,848 bytes)

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