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Perion Network Ltd.

The application winrar.exe by Perion Network 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 file has been seen being downloaded from installer.fileparade.com.
Publisher:
Perion Network Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.2.0

MD5:
af8abed419cdb9d8e929574f54bf1ba2

SHA-1:
5fc6cccc2ff19d89d06257c63e67771b3bbceb7f

SHA-256:
f7eebaeb7866ec90d7817c45f663ab3c7ba794a272016caf9f43c68c371a61fe

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
12/25/2024 1:59:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion (M)
16.7.8.18

File size:
152.2 KB (155,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.2.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Perion Network Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/23/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Perion Network Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Perion Network Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
45F87694FE8D1984719796AEC8031DF4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/8/2014 1:34:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:mJQMbGKXWHM6TTNpwXxqGUvfHDeiFcFEsWjcdN04+g+aJT/32rygCmBZ0wf9Br6:JlNRFp0iOra4+g+aJT/kvr6

Entry address:
0x3D8A

Entry point:
E8, 23, 49, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B0, 8A, 41, 00, E8, C0, 0D, 00, 00, E8, F0, 4A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B6, 48, 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, 97, 42, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.6333

Code size:
69 KB (70,656 bytes)

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

http://installer.fileparade.com/download.php?SoftwareName=WinRAR&SoftwareDescription=WinRAR is a powerful archive manager&ImageUrl=http://static.allmyapps.com/data/w/i/winrar-multi-format-file-extractor/a1afb19f8ec11e51303249ce0f8ef10b_winrar.jpg&SoftwareDownloadUrl=http://allmyapps.com/binary/1410/.../direct-download?token=0c63f9a06957d29e6d7681d8ecbcbe5aa816537e&PUID=1763663276588072959&PPD=search,33862657100,winrar,e,,c,WinRAR,,,&FID=&InstallSessionID=176366327658807295915038453&CID=10844

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