the chemical brothers â-- hanna (ost).exe

Ruslan Musin

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application the chemical brothers â-- hanna (ost).exe, “Installer for AllaboutApp” by Ruslan Musin 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 WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AllaboutApp  (signed by Ruslan Musin)

Product:
AllaboutApp

Description:
Installer for AllaboutApp

Version:
2014.5.14.1120

MD5:
eb5feac5a3007b70ad9672f801f75d08

SHA-1:
d83a66517a95e8e26d55e151342d90ba6a8724ed

SHA-256:
8ca4f9937be4990b62a6bff248c53dbc8a87b83049a8af82cc6373ab01b80439

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:
11/23/2024 7:35:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware (M)
17.3.2.1

File size:
314.6 KB (322,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 AllaboutApp

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the chemical brothers â-- hanna (ost).exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/12/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/13/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ruslan Musin, O=Ruslan Musin, STREET=Raketnaya 24, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03028, C=UA

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

Serial number:
1AD41E574D496EAB815CF0E1000D52C3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 5:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

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)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=613669544&publisher_id=136&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=1841008632&external_id=0&session_id=3682017264&hardware_id=4295686808&installer_file_name=the+chemical+brothers+â--+hanna+(ost)

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