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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 17 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, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Software Jockey  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ee75edab72431eac814a43e0ac07139d

SHA-1:
f6946d9153400280d1fb4d59f60b1a064ce57e73

SHA-256:
954bd329d8fd5eda0e462666a2de696412ed20f01d1f3746b3dca916a6f44980

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
1/12/2025 5:37:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
797

avast!
Win32:Adware-CBG [PUP]
2014.9-141130

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3298

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.14116

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
1.0.20.1670

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
8.14.11.30.12

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10681

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
11.2014-30-11_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
14.11.24

McAfee
Artemis!45804C006E6C
5600.6931

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.164387
15.0.0.1002

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.30.12

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareJockey.G
14.11.6.22

Sophos
iBryte Desktop
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047H09KS14
7.2.334

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
34562

File size:
5.5 MB (5,751,528 bytes)

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:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
11/6/2014 6:53:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+CUj2FgjSlitqcDwF9O9hl/7JwAkeNEJOlejXWOng057noibiOiFXDHvl/s7eH0c:5OlGNngUnphiVDKVQ1ttx

Entry address:
0x1E8F

Entry point:
E8, 3B, 27, 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, AC, 8F, 97, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 80, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, ED, 27, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 38, 80, 40, 00, 50, E8, 9D, 27, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, B0, A4, 40, 00, E8, 01, 25, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, ED, 2A, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 00, 84, 97, 00, BA, FC, 83, 97, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A...
 
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Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 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
 
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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):
Connects to ec2-54-208-30-101.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.30.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to WIN-QTQ30GSEEHT  (50.23.239.17:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vz55.videosz.com  (207.178.46.45:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vz18-e1.videosz.com  (207.178.46.88:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vz13.videosz.com  (207.178.46.44:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to sin01s15-in-f22.1e100.net  (173.194.117.54:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to msnbot-65-55-252-43.search.msn.com  (65.55.252.43:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ipv4_1.lagg0.c093.lax001.ix.nflxvideo.net  (108.175.46.123:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ipv4_1.lagg0.c062.lax004.ix.nflxvideo.net  (198.38.97.156:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ipv4_1.lagg0.c013.lax004.ix.nflxvideo.net  (198.38.96.142:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ig-in-f95.1e100.net  (74.125.193.95:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to iad23s23-in-f7.1e100.net  (74.125.228.199:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to fe.oxcluster.com  (199.88.61.70:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-01-sin1.facebook.com  (31.13.79.246:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-244-244-243.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.244.244.243:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-244-242-42.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.244.242.42:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-214-5-24.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.214.5.24:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-214-236-193.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.214.236.193:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-214-234-10.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.214.234.10:443)

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