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vistastartmenu.exe

Vista Start menu

Dennis Nazarenko

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 vistastartmenu.exe, “Vista Start Menu program” by Dennis Nazarenko has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘VistaStartMenu’.
Publisher:
OrdinarySoft  (signed by Dennis Nazarenko)

Product:
Vista Start menu

Description:
Vista Start Menu program

Version:
2.6.5.0

MD5:
630340a4efe0655f5d866398d2629bb7

SHA-1:
b88285d84ba8381978a34653a82eccc2c9f6b3bb

SHA-256:
27cbf235c01990b1de3c24d8be4ef44b09d5b27d2b499fc11a2eab89ecb1f01c

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:
11/17/2024 5:40:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.DennisNazarenko (M)
16.1.29.17

File size:
1.6 MB (1,702,064 bytes)

Product version:
2.65

Copyright:
OrdinarySoft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\transform xp to vista\vista start menu\vistastartmenu.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/1/2007 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/1/2008 4:59:59 PM

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:
00DBE65D78CE895A82ADCC70F584A6A0BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:IracXZBs7m7dt7FB3QrcEQ4DW7TrkxrcEQkQGC:IracJBAm7pdQrcEQ4C7IrcEQ+C

Entry address:
0x11990C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E8, 33, C0, 89, 45, EC, 89, 45, E8, B8, BC, 93, 51, 00, E8, 18, D7, EE, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 22, 9A, 51, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, 21, 9A, F7, FF, A1, 20, D7, 51, 00, 8B, 00, 50, E8, A4, E4, EE, FF, 8B, 15, B0, D8, 51, 00, 89, 02, 8D, 55, E8, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 97, 94, EE, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 80, 13, EF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 38, 9A, 51, 00, E8, 6F, B6, EE, FF, 85, C0, 74, 34, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, A1, B0, D8, 51, 00, 8B, 00, 50, 68, FF, FF, 00, 00, E8, 2D, E4, EE, FF, E8...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,149,952 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
VistaStartMenu

Command:
"C:\Program Files\transform xp to vista\vista start menu\vistastartmenu.exe"


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