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clocksaver.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application clocksaver.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.packetinstalls.info.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
70127b7258a5a9c22b1cbf1c01da5aa0

SHA-1:
8be7a3ac664da8d5d9e4be3245fa822275ec82b2

SHA-256:
86a681971bd1ffd914d19b7d419a79c1eb0a0cacd41fb3ebff1bc463b4d94da6

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/27/2024 6:23:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Skodna.Bundle
2015.0.3488

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14430

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.644
9.0.1.0120

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.8801

Malwarebytes
PUP.DownloadAdmin
v2014.04.30.11

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.bvyxhe
0.26.0.54404

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.K
14.8.7.20

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0701
7.2.120

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
21490

File size:
740.1 KB (757,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\clocksaver.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 7:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uxpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/DY:apNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbY

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file clocksaver.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.packetinstalls.info/.../clocksaver.exe

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