Client.exe

Inertware

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Inertware has been detected as adware by 4 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 1055 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 Adknowledge, Inc. and Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Inertware  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5365.12228

MD5:
c1fb201b0a3b63321fa47b2b9f3a6e04

SHA-1:
fce7690716a874c565611cdaccc01673147349b0

Scanner detections:
4 / 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 9:51:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EP [PUP]
2014.9-140909

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.1499

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10389

Reason Heuristics
Adware.RocketTab.Adknowledge
15.2.10.11

File size:
1.4 MB (1,420,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5365.12228

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\rockettab\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

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

Subject:
CN=Inertware, O=Inertware, 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:
00B17D2DC81A4AB47B03A1531303433731

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2014 12:47:55 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wKVa6sNBjm9y5rNso6SSIigndDykh9ZcBz3Sw8eebX+/:/OHo276SSG7zmZcbg

Entry address:
0x151352

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:
7.1033

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,373,184 bytes)

Local Proxy Server
Proxy for:
Internet Settings

Local host address:
http://127.0.0.1:1055/

Local host port:
1055

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 ns507892.ip-198-27-75.net  (198.27.75.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-88-200-69.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.88.200.69:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.30.4.4.46.clients.your-server.de  (46.4.4.30:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to IP94-142-38-57.zaindata.jo  (94.142.38.57:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-205-85.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.205.85:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-73-109-231.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.73.109.231:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c0.a2.2ca9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (169.44.162.192:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-131-56.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.131.56:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-153.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.153:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to IP94-142-38-83.zaindata.jo  (94.142.38.83:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-187-213.cdg51.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.187.213:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to li491-84.members.linode.com  (50.116.29.84:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to IP94-142-38-59.zaindata.jo  (94.142.38.59:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to IP94-142-38-121.zaindata.jo  (94.142.38.121:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip194.ip-149-56-197.net  (149.56.197.194:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to host-80-252-188-230-cust.phoneranetworks.se  (80.252.188.230:80)

TCP (HTTP):

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-48-210-122.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.48.210.122:80)

TCP (HTTP):

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-200-120-97.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.200.120.97:80)

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