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uninstall.exe

Currency calc

Fedorov Paul

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application uninstall.exe by Fedorov Paul 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 Currency calc.
Publisher:
Fedorov Paul  (signed and verified)

Product:
Currency calc

Version:
1.2.10

MD5:
3f9270cf598cb23bcf54d49b6599330b

SHA-1:
838172dbcdec7b31faa7e8a803514d4723c606a7

SHA-256:
3af686bb1811eb668395d04ee6916d0fdf1bfa3043426849833d0ae45e13f2c1

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 3:45:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick (M)
16.7.22.7

File size:
1.8 MB (1,876,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.10

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Common path:
C:\Program Files\advplugin\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fedorov Paul

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/7/2014 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/5/2015 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fedorov Paul, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Saint-Petersburg, S=US Minor Outlying Islands, C=RU

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

Serial number:
1F1C6CD90A38CE2585B8E44D4C5B4372

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 9:01:57 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:qq5IcNkqVchT36v4+1Bqy+Hk0xq/xxOc53fLGX0wFvcvE9DNoL1u+qYNn:R5heSchT24XHlE3OclfYRFve1u+qW

Entry address:
0x4131

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 43, 43, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 44, 43, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 44, 43, 00, 56, A3, F4, 27, 43, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 50, 28, 43, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, A9, B2, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 44, 43, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, AA, B2, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Code size:
33.5 KB (34,304 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Currency calc

Display version:
1.2.10

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\advPlugin\uninstall.exe


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=273661504&publisher_id=736&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=820984512&external_id=0&session_id=1641969024&hardware_id=1915630528&installer_file_name=uninstall

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