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wgaremover.exe

WGA Remover

WGAREMOVER

The application wgaremover.exe, “WGA Remover Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the InstallMonetizer platform which will donwload and install adware toolbars and other potentially unwanted software offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.wgaremover.com.
Publisher:
WGAREMOVER

Product:
WGA Remover

Description:
WGA Remover Setup

MD5:
b853731e565eea6b1b4de205771cdd6e

SHA-1:
3c6fac7fc9a47cb97218f2a4d20bde27f3e60944

SHA-256:
e8b7e1d18f95af9aee883cd4a8ce24c67366c56b23f6218f9f2dd1c1008d1c5e

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 11:01:36 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AF
8.9872

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMonetizer.Bundle (M)
16.3.10.15

File size:
643.5 KB (658,967 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\wgaremover.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5na9X4L8+iDNdRVyshBi8UPK0dE0jPPWFpRGF4O2DnM2xk/O2C:5nadk8DdPyGiTPKahjPefRGQJxkTC

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9608

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file wgaremover.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.wgaremover.com/wgaremover.exe

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