visual-basic-2008-express-edition-9.0.exe

Visual Tools

The application visual-basic-2008-express-edition-9.0.exe by Visual Tools has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw1.uptodown.com.
Publisher:
Visual Tools  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d286b7fd808cd1b90dfdc1199dff6f6e

SHA-1:
4851f9e37ebb68ddc5ff837f04b75f3eb404cd14

SHA-256:
c9409d5edd411b1aacb5a64a67780291db4c4d53319b871b1a6047bc17cece75

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:
11/2/2024 5:16:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.3.11.16

File size:
771.1 KB (789,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\visual-basic-2008-express-edition-9.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/9/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/10/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Visual Tools, O=Visual Tools, L=Belgrade, S=Serbia, C=RS

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

Serial number:
789958B0264F06055619270074AFA61F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/10/2013 9:03:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1C48

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, E4, F8, B8, 7C, 1A, 00, 00, E8, C8, 62, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8D, 8C, 24, E0, 07, 00, 00, 88, 5C, 24, 0E, C6, 44, 24, 0F, 01, E8, FE, 1A, 00, 00, 53, 89, 9C, 24, 3C, 0A, 00, 00, 89, 9C, 24, 40, 0A, 00, 00, 89, 9C, 24, 44, 0A, 00, 00, C7, 84, 24, 48, 0A, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, FF, 94, 24, 20, 08, 00, 00, 8D, 8C, 24, E0, 07, 00, 00, 89, 84, 24, 34, 0A, 00, 00, E8, 6D, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 8C, 24, E0, 07, 00, 00, E8, DF, FA, FF, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 85, 05, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 8D, 8C...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
30 KB (30,720 bytes)

The file visual-basic-2008-express-edition-9.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dw1.uptodown.com/dm/3/1382202700/9e7f90e0800017689fd39f8eb8b3402321ffdbba/.../visual-basic-2008-express-edition-9-0-en-win-setup.exe

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