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whitney_houston_setup.exe

The application whitney_houston_setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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 cepo.dk.
MD5:
c654973625d1ead51b565a4b280d7f7b

SHA-1:
4e48d5f1d587f2313b512efaadf26c3775792a94

SHA-256:
5ba8e7c3c71865a13bee2c16963167454cbec71e9fa1d548a0b8f6eae4479627

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
11/29/2024 7:40:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
160216-3

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AN potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

File size:
1.2 MB (1,213,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Sox3kgD5Wk/TTjR51deyVhVtvJAY837dX9BAVviQfqdLy72FJPGmDkUSYCwCMc6:1UeW2+sq7dX9BAV3fqdLlFxiWaMB

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9866

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cepo.dk/.../Whitney Houston.exe

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