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browserextensionssetup.exe

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application browserextensionssetup.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware 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 Spigot Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Version:
2.8.8.11

MD5:
87b35de904eaeb32bea941b5663a1e54

SHA-1:
49bc97fed83bfcf21a1bcdd87c40c16b5a52e1d0

SHA-256:
cb3d946d030f297e0f685b1f3b8cbac05a4fec77081acf62773562b2a839f1da

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:
11/23/2024 9:59:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
16.10.27.2

File size:
1.7 MB (1,794,656 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.8.11

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Spigot Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2018 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 3:19:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:BC9ieRKgTq138gwWYD2BxZ6uBj7fINj+Hl3:cqgTqBUSPZ6ORHl3

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9021  (probably packed)

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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