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whale9.exe

Toolbar Update

Visual Tools

The application whale9.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 will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Visual Tools  (signed and verified)

Product:
Toolbar Update

Version:
1.0.4.0

MD5:
4acf7d80e0980a0ef5e37e77f45f2982

SHA-1:
b020805f16b52c78bc8a8052906f6a5c7997b5c1

SHA-256:
521dbf7967dc38a1f90e3408b12c6c210a349a1df3075d02f052fe81187bbf2e

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 12:05:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Babylon (M)
17.2.2.3

File size:
3.5 MB (3,641,344 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.4.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Visual Tools 2014

Original file name:
tupd.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\whale9.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Visual Tools

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/19/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/18/2017 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
408E6A1AC8A6BFBB9F655878B36BA3AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/16/2015 2:25:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x18542

Entry point:
E8, EF, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 06, F0, ED, 42, 00, C6, 46, 08, 00, FF, 30, E8, A8, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, C7, 01, F0, ED, 42, 00, 8B, 00, 89, 41, 04, C6, 41, 08, 00, 8B, C1, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FF, 75, 08, 8B, F1, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 06, F0, ED, 42, 00, C6, 46, 08, 00, E8, 12, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, F0, ED, 42, 00, E9, 96, 00, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
0.7722

Code size:
167.5 KB (171,520 bytes)

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