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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:
1.1.151.54

MD5:
c1e770a02df651c0843a2a31b3365ec3

SHA-1:
e6df9c2455cb048f4f613ccd0b8963a2348cd0a3

SHA-256:
f01c5cd472a418e2fd43464e47ba0a885e8bf39dd50de50c4d7bc88861c070bf

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 12:03:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
17.2.11.6

File size:
926.4 KB (948,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.151.54

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:
8/28/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 6:59:59 PM

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:
10/17/2012 7:34:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x8A2F5

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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Code size:
775 KB (793,600 bytes)

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