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vat04pdf.exe

Protected Downloader

Zugara Investments Limited

The application vat04pdf.exe, “Protected Downloader Setup ” by Zugara Investments Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from suggestor.pirrit.com.
Publisher:
Zugara Investments Limited   (signed by Zugara Investments Limited)

Product:
Protected Downloader

Description:
Protected Downloader Setup

MD5:
949fe44e097f044bbf975bd10230b96c

SHA-1:
2a07dd457a1c7d3ffbf381bf0a1ac5b5920065b3

SHA-256:
ecf29d7d44c18226dcfd443e78e1f337a1b4b3f53f28e85cbd4468fd5912f4c3

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:
11/30/2024 10:20:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ZugaraIn.Installer (M)
16.7.11.13

File size:
1.2 MB (1,212,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vat04pdf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zugara Investments Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/10/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zugara Investments Limited, O=Zugara Investments Limited, STREET=Naousis 1, STREET="Karapatakis Building, Suite 2, 4th floor", L=Larnaca, S=Larnaca, PostalCode=6018, C=CY

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

Serial number:
0F61CE2AF8431A752FBA5F8EC235BDB0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 9:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3xGjztziAYoL5pRl8hR6IW1ZPp5COcagMux8eaJOPKlsMp:AcAnL5pK9A5ncagMG8dhK8

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9208

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file vat04pdf.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://suggestor.pirrit.com/.../offers.php?r=1&d=aHR0cCUzQS8vZG93bmxvYWQucmQuZ28udGgvcHVibGlzaC9maWxlYWRtaW4vdXNlcl91cGxvYWQvdmF0L1ZBVDA0LnBkZg==&n=VkFUMDQucGRm

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