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thirdparty.exe

doubleTwist

doubleTwist Corporation

The application thirdparty.exe by doubleTwist has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.doubletwist.com.
Publisher:
doubleTwist Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
doubleTwist

Version:
1, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
5eff5873b04c08b9624e27f4cfc8b2a7

SHA-1:
713120a2de48422acd8fe7e799975c6e52cdae00

SHA-256:
99067189d414329d8d572f5f104b5b7f449454682af48bf0197e10f8b21a02df

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/27/2024 9:57:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.doubleTwistCorporation.Installer (M)
15.7.25.0

File size:
3.4 MB (3,605,920 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2008-2009 doubleTwist Corporation

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
doubleTwist Corporation

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/26/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/27/2013 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=doubleTwist Corporation, O=doubleTwist Corporation, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
76841B75BB05730DAF509BC51CB852FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2007 8:33:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:8LAjaePdWiTtYi+jhaEjMe+SjHilchXdN:k6a6W6t/+jhawMeN+lAtN

Entry address:
0x11DE6

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, E0, 49, 41, 00, 68, E0, 1D, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 28, 41, 41, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 64, 97, 41, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 68, 97, 41, 00, FF, FF, 15, 2C, 41, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 40, 93, 41, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 30, 41, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 3C, 93, 41, 00, 89, 08, A1, 34, 41, 41, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 60, 97, 41, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 90, 91, 41, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 6E, 1F, 41, 00, FF, 15, 38, 41...
 
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Entropy:
7.9956

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
73 KB (74,752 bytes)

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

http://download.doubletwist.com/.../ThirdParty.exe

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