the_husbands_secret_downloader.exe

Escolade Solutions LTD.

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application the_husbands_secret_downloader.exe by Escolade Solutions has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Escolade Solutions LTD.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Oxy

Version:
1.0.0.2

MD5:
87baefb0f537131160109e275a5b5ef3

SHA-1:
09089832339b7bc467a80c8b0c05ee94700562e4

SHA-256:
77af29400df8084477768fea7dad8e4a1b580b5469ede72aa86154c0bfcb567f

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:
11/15/2024 12:46:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M)
17.3.6.9

File size:
5.1 MB (5,321,160 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.0

Original file name:
xyzyiNeak.lnk_p

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the_husbands_secret_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/25/2012 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/26/2013 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Escolade Solutions LTD., O=Escolade Solutions LTD., STREET=Akademica Vernadskogo blvd. 36-507, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03451, C=UA

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

Serial number:
0FB283CB6EEA8D0204BFA51C4BCE925C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/21/2013 5:22:35 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xBB460

Entry point:
E8, 86, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 85, DB, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 56, 83, FB, 04, 72, 75, 8D, 73, FC, 85, F6, 74, 6E, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 8A, 10, 83, C0, 04, 83, C1, 04, 84, D2, 74, 52, 3A, 51, FC, 75, 4D, 8A, 50, FD, 84, D2, 74, 3C, 3A, 51, FD, 75, 37, 8A, 50, FE, 84, D2, 74, 26, 3A, 51, FE, 75, 21, 8A, 50, FF, 84, D2, 74, 10, 3A, 51, FF, 75, 0B, 83, 45, FC, 04, 39, 75, FC, 72, C2, EB, 2E, 0F, B6, 40, FF, 0F, B6, 49, FF, EB, 46...
 
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Entropy:
5.8479

Code size:
882.5 KB (903,680 bytes)

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