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Client.exe

Software Jockey

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Software Jockey has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC and RocketTab: by Adknowledge, Inc., both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Software Jockey  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5407.15373

MD5:
1d736b1c81c0a327d40aaa71dd554e04

SHA-1:
117bdb56f42532c4a664769bd44b65ab49a776ec

SHA-256:
7c8b2cc416dd9c56ee3fc2c2c10b9b110eeae62a455b41fa1ecd7761f6b336c2

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 7:25:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10596

F-Prot
W32/A-425915ce
v6.4.7.1.166

McAfee
Adware-RocketTab
5600.6971

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareJockey.G
14.10.21.11

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
34114

File size:
1.4 MB (1,425,128 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5407.15373

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search extensions\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Jockey

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Jockey, O=Software Jockey, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3481FC293A085AD3BA94D30DC9CC2E95

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/21/2014 11:32:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:aQtpLh1x+CdN+p6JS+7Yird65ZMqMX7LXyVN1QY81UjC5B4E:DNE6JSBI6mrLLa6v5B4E

Entry address:
0x152522

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,377,792 bytes)

The file Client.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

“RocketTab”  by Adknowledge
RocketTab is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
85% remove it
Rockettab  by Rich River Media, LLC
RocketTab is an adware program that injects advertising in the user's web browser by creating a local proxy server and routing all Internet traffic through that proxy. By re-routing traffic the service will be able to include various ads in the HTML of the displaying web page.
rockettab.com
88% remove it
RocketTab:  by Adknowledge, Inc.
RocketTab is an advertising supported browser extension also known as adware and is designed to deliver ads to the user's Internet browser as banners, context text-links and transitionals ads. The injected ads are not affiliated with the underlying website on which they appear.
www.adknowledge.com
87% remove it
 
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to host213-123-244-136.in-addr.btopenworld.com  (213.123.244.136:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-57-7-205.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.57.7.205:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to signin.ea.com  (159.153.228.140:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a104-103-114-179.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.103.114.179:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-170-110.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.170.110:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-131-56.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.131.56:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-221-254-214.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.221.254.214:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-30-101.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.30.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-204-18-133.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.204.18.133:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-17-217-59.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.17.217.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-99-139.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.99.139:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to accounts.ea.com  (159.153.228.137:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-45-143-208.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.143.208:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-214-155-116.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.214.155.116:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to r-97-43-234-77.ff.avast.com  (77.234.43.97:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to md5.hackerwatch.org  (161.69.13.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to li491-84.members.linode.com  (50.116.29.84:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ig-in-f103.1e100.net  (74.125.193.103:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to iad23s24-in-f7.1e100.net  (74.125.228.231:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to iad23s24-in-f3.1e100.net  (74.125.228.227:80)

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