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Client.exe

The application Client.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘RocketTab’. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC and “RocketTab” by Adknowledge, both potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address rtr3.l7.search.vip.sg3.yahoo.com on port 443.
Version:
1.0.5455.22307

MD5:
81d31bc0c00d7fdecbd8fda7b80235f5

SHA-1:
9b158c163c590237b320863f2b4496e9dc3619d0

SHA-256:
1bc2136c5f52db1604db341c8b3ffc46b807997617c7f2808908ab2f021434bd

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:48:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EP [PUP]
2014.9-141208

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.14128

Dr.Web
Adware.iBryte.521
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte.F application
7.0.302.0

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

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.RocketTab
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.Adware-RocketTab
16.8.708.2

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

File size:
1.4 MB (1,437,696 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5455.22307

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/8/2014 6:23:58 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jvPD5Dl5Q5z6GS/RmoZxvH46sro6JSE575Xmy/n2p7nOmGg2dQewoTz:jh/J6JSuXy5Omp2dJwoTz

Entry address:
0x15625E

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.1113

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,393,664 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
RocketTab

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\search extensions\client.exe"


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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ip194.ip-149-56-184.net  (149.56.184.194:443)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-162-60.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.162.60:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-214-166-46.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.214.166.46:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to redirector1.dynect.net  (216.146.46.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-145-152.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.145.152:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-226-196.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.226.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-17-158-153.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.17.158.153:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-246-181-97.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.246.181.97:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-48-109.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.48.109:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-01-fra3.fbcdn.net  (31.13.93.7:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vip0x016.map2.ssl.hwcdn.net  (209.197.3.22:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to tacoda-atwola-prod-scd-shared.evip.aol.com  (207.200.74.117:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to snt405-m.hotmail.com  (65.55.68.120:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-87-87.lax3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.87.87:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-217-44.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.217.44:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-216-178.mrs50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.216.178:80)

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