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Client.exe

Secureencoded

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Secureencoded has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This file is typically installed with the program Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Secureencoded  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5385.17898

MD5:
595d065dacd40197f9343383d44ee2a3

SHA-1:
c5d505655bb181f364d024415a6ebf86ba6b777a

SHA-256:
f677ae5669a5db729e52a2e8e95cdf2824c2dcb3c78fd92a0e6577317bb25cc8

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 '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:
12/24/2024 4:54:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10527

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/RocketTab
10/8/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13611

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.RocketTab
14.0.0.3131

McAfee
Adware-RocketTab
5600.6983

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Secureencoded.G
14.10.8.20

Sophos
Generic PUA MF
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
33724

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5385.17898

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:
Secureencoded

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secureencoded, O=Secureencoded, 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:
008A9DE5BF6D7E4070873AB08E9304F7FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/29/2014 3:56:53 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fHLqJXCwVNhLF6JSvNU/Yf6N2aY7G33ZplwZ3bWOP9/YL8Bpig:Wwa6JS+K6N2aY72vuF128TH

Entry address:
0x1520EA

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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Entropy:
7.0973

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,376,768 bytes)

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

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.
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