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unins000.exe

Dennis Nazarenko

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application unins000.exe by Dennis Nazarenko 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 installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Vista Start Menu 3.31 by OrdinarySoft.
Publisher:
Dennis Nazarenko  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup/Uninstall

Version:
51.1048.0.0

MD5:
9e34a5c5ef21ac52afef9e3ce5577deb

SHA-1:
4bdeaf1997d56a25584e2d8f7e32a923e6157a46

SHA-256:
854a6adb1133adf82486ec337a6b80886aa16db73bdc8fa1ae044efc7c446b0a

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/17/2024 3:41:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.DennisNa.Bundler (M)
16.5.3.19

File size:
1.1 MB (1,170,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vista start menu\unins000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/2/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/3/2009 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dennis Nazarenko, O=Dennis Nazarenko, POBox=15A, STREET=Jovtneva 7A, L=Vishneve, S=Kievskaya, PostalCode=08132, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2009 9:29:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vg4CPlHDJpAABVPuUXRlsEaD21ypxJj/HehNDjB/6xPqMUroCAiPx9Sk:4/BJpAOVmkl5YpKN6JxC/

Entry address:
0xF8E34

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, 56, 57, B8, E8, 73, 4F, 00, E8, 25, FC, F0, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 87, 8E, 4F, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 6A, 01, E8, 80, 04, F1, FF, E8, 1B, E3, FF, FF, A1, E8, 70, 4F, 00, 50, 68, 4C, 71, 4F, 00, A1, 04, CD, 4F, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 84, 2B, F8, FF, E8, 6F, E3, FF, FF, 33, C0, 5A, 59, 59, 64, 89, 10, EB, 2E, E9, FC, B7, F0, FF, 6A, 05, A1, 04, CD, 4F, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 80, 70, 01, 00, 00, 50, E8, 1B, 0D, F1, FF, E8, 4E, E1, FF, FF, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 78, C2, F0, FF, E8, 2B, BC, F0...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
991 KB (1,014,784 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Vista Start Menu 3.31

Display publisher:
OrdinarySoft

Display version:
3.31

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Vista Start Menu\unins000.exe"


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

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

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