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windows-movie-maker.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application windows-movie-maker.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from go.skimresources.com.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
1.0.7.6

MD5:
0350a4bd9a33451abb5238b3afebfab4

SHA-1:
26ce14be6ac954a1228a41ca00aa398459ddb3c5

SHA-256:
8eee27a95df5683fc011d1191844cb76ebc9ef13bb7769f94bbc64f25ca11c69

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:28:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ChipDigital.Bundler (M)
16.8.3.14

File size:
1.1 MB (1,163,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.7.6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Chip Digital GmbH

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
German (Germany)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows-movie-maker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/29/2015 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 11:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, OU=Download Development, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Straße 66, L=München, S=Bayern, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2A68C822ECB5BBB6F677B31B69C07F78

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/10/2016 11:52:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0q5TfcdHj4fmbUW2qy0MmV0VMXyW/X/b6QC/FgnVyj:0UTsamJxD/M/Fdj

Entry address:
0x19C880

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, EB, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.9822

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file windows-movie-maker.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://go.skimresources.com/?id=92X363&site=techradar.com&xs=1&isjs=1&url=http://www.tr.downloads-hub.com/downloadca/resolve/54451620?source=landingpage&xguid=&xuuid=ff6ade6cc30ccb8b12faa699b0f6d2bb&xsessid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http://www.techradar.com/downloads/windows-movie-maker&pref=https://.../&xtz=480

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