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Joltlogic

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application client.exe by Joltlogic has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Joltlogic  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1b524123456be1ac68363822f4f54951

SHA-1:
5b404926e5ab102404bf113c483a88114ec61945

SHA-256:
60984d10eda51321ce789390592b17daa1ad2a444debdf275150fbcd4b3f15e4

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 10:36:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen4
7.11.201.138

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3228

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
9.11021

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Joltlogic.G
15.1.16.9

Sophos
Mal/Wintrim-A
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
36688

File size:
1.8 MB (1,845,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\geniusbox\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Joltlogic

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/15/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Joltlogic, O=Joltlogic, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, 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:
5EE011413A702F6705B25B34B674F3AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2015 2:05:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gVfqOFK1KBGyg3HeVpzc35NlTb92IbwaEeCTl1V5GY1rY8AE3SP1bYzhn/89P:gVCOFDGdXera5hxYpf5GYBYHbYz58

Entry address:
0xD067

Entry point:
E8, B3, 33, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, C4, B8, 49, 00, FF, 15, 60, 10, 42, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 65, 34, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 5C, 10, 42, 00, 50, E8, 15, 34, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, C1, 83, 60, 04, 00, C7, 00, 10, 47, 49, 00, C6, 40, 08, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, 10, 47, 49, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, 18, 47, 49, 00, C3, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.0666

Code size:
124.5 KB (127,488 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-01-sjc2.fbcdn.net  (31.13.77.12:443)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-192-38-139.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.38.139:443)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-34-198-66-66.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (34.198.66.66:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-17-224-168.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.17.224.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to sage.parklogic.com  (69.39.236.56:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-204-8-133.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.204.8.133:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-86-236-178.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.86.236.178:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-184-125.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.184.125:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-193-16-49.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.193.16.49:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-34-197-186-37.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (34.197.186.37:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to usdal4-vip-bx-009.aaplimg.com  (17.253.3.209:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-197.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.197:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-17.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.17:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-122.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.122:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-37-79.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.37.79:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-37-30.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.37.30:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-192-85.iad53.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.192.85:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-26-7.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.26.7:80)

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