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vid-saver-bg.exe

Vid-Saver

Awesome Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application vid-saver-bg.exe by Awesome Apps has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
215 Apps  (signed by Awesome Apps)

Product:
Vid-Saver

Description:
Vid-Saver exe

Version:
1.1.151.57

MD5:
412090b6905e5d56e4b748a3d4065536

SHA-1:
d7ec1937c20bbbdd2a12b2dc30c5cd51066ccabf

SHA-256:
2d75815148c66d5d241676f2d79709fd37e05fceb50bc693bc28542f5938e0ec

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:
12/24/2024 11:27:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
17.2.20.17

File size:
926.9 KB (949,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.151.57

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Vid-Saver.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\vid-saver\vid-saver-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Awesome Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/29/2012 5:45:00 AM

Valid to:
8/30/2013 5:44:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Awesome Apps, O=Awesome Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

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

Serial number:
3D0C9CCF6A7D44B9FDA1963A424319BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2012 6:59:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x8A4A5

Entry point:
E8, F4, AC, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, AB, CD, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, A8, 43, 4E, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.5434

Code size:
775.5 KB (794,112 bytes)

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