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vistastartmenu_setup_3_31_freeware.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_setup_3_31_freeware.exe, “Vista Start Menu Setup ” by Dennis Nazarenko 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.
Publisher:
OrdinarySoft   (signed by Dennis Nazarenko)

Product:
Vista Start Menu

Description:
Vista Start Menu Setup

MD5:
62fcc31943cbeb896651700cfd73be0b

SHA-1:
63cf435655a188d00672eae6269f93ab481211f8

SHA-256:
fe6e2084bd295503280b6e21ea52a6a1da641368bf071c010f4cc46fd751b17b

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/17/2024 3:47:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
17.2.25.22

File size:
2 MB (2,143,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dennis Nazarenko

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/1/2008 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/2/2009 3:59:59 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:
009CA1956F3A54A095BA9D02BC02272CFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2009 12:29:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x163C4

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, A4, 52, 41, 00, E8, F0, 02, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 89, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 45, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 18, AB, 41, 00, E8, F6, EC, FF, FF, E8, 01, E8, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 83, 86, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 74, D6, 41, 00, E8, BE, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 74, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9674

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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