whatsapp.exe

Ronen Kvurt

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 whatsapp.exe by Ronen Kvurt has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from profficer.org.
Publisher:
Ronen Kvurt  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5903c3f7039b3a601e000af8e6f52219

SHA-1:
0cb5734cf550423c5d807b01e41b5d8ba264876f

SHA-256:
5abc2172e15a24ac78f7bcdc53fc677b93795fd12e190fa0cb0f671b1a9b83db

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:
1/13/2025 6:46:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.RonenKvu (M)
16.6.9.21

File size:
1.1 MB (1,130,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 3:13:06 PM

Valid to:
5/14/2015 3:13:06 PM

Subject:
E=ronenkvurt@yahoo.com, CN=Ronen Kvurt, O=Ronen Kvurt, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Certum Code Signing CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
2FCC7E9A4043746064F138856B04DABB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2013 10:56:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Tv9lgyjxp93LRjvwo2U6Sstk8rZINzqrzecz26C/:YyN37Rj2U6SQk6INzGJzNC

Entry address:
0xB7969

Entry point:
E8, 01, 14, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 90, DE, 4F, 00, E8, 11, 19, 00, 00, E8, CE, 15, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 94, 13, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 40, 03, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.4105

Code size:
755 KB (773,120 bytes)

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

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