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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 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This executable runs as a local area network (LAN) Internet proxy server listening on port 49604 and has the ability to intercept and modify all inbound and outbound Internet traffic on the local host. 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:
1.0.5401.25471

MD5:
f07a095cf1b45f14f8b0f5fe4344a000

SHA-1:
142bed7c25980f9061e87d99681bcea4df78c050

SHA-256:
e898f54c9dff9145d54c5f3c5060047f23ca715e3de64c560aa5a21e6fddde94

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/22/2024 8:37:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EP [PUP]
2014.9-141016

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.141016

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte.F application
7.0.302.0

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

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.RocketTab
t3scan.1.7.8.0

McAfee
Adware-RocketTab
5600.6976

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareJockey.G
14.10.16.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
33706

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5401.25471

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Jockey

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 7:59:59 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:
10/15/2014 11:09:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:OIt8f4vsCdm4osJYj6JSMPwklgabMVzfb5Lyof8E1gSIbywcuN1:+fssr4Y6JSczlHmJWoXIbys1

Entry address:
0x1523B6

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, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 84, A1, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, D4, A1, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 84, A4, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.0981

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,377,280 bytes)

Local Proxy Server
Proxy for:
Internet Settings

Local host address:
http://127.0.0.1:49604/

Local host port:
49604

Default credentials:
No


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

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):
Connects to server-54-230-51-170.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to https-69-164-0-0.iad.llnw.net  (69.164.0.0:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-209-131.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.209.131:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-185.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.185:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-83-200-155.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.83.200.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-186-78.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.186.78:80)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-122-91.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.122.91:80)

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