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Genieo Innovation LTD

The application gentray.exe by Genieo Innovation has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘GenieoSystemTray’.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b44b23a7c14c2a74a7bb716645bfcf34

SHA-1:
a07a8e6662f7843f52cc8b760d8076c103164948

SHA-256:
090a33c37d17063699138f5e185e248890620b0c17a3d44e50cf5c9e26ce594b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Inserts ads in the web browser and modifies the home page. "Genieo Innovation’s Software may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the content or information on the Software, queries made through the Software, or from other information. You agree that we and our third party providers and partners may place advertising on our Software or in connection with the display of content or information on our Software." (EULA)

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:12:01 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.14.15

File size:
603.3 KB (617,767 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\trayui\bin\gentray.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Genieo Innovation LTD

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/10/2014 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Genieo Innovation LTD, O=Genieo Innovation LTD, L=Herzliah, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B98BC775598D0C401E0D6CC4349529A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 3:45:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1052A

Entry point:
E9, FB, 7B, FF, FF, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 3B, F3, 74, 13, 39, 5D, 10, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 76, 05, 33, C0, 66, 89, 06, 57, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FB, 75, 1D, E8, E3, F7, FF, FF, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 75, C6, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, E9, 3C, 01, 00, 00, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, E7, BE, FF, FF, 8B, 45, EC, 3B, F3, 0F, 84, ED, 00, 00, 00, 39, 58, 14, 75, 48, 39, 5D, 10, 76, 1C, 8B, 4D, FC, 8D, 04, 39, 66, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.7930

Packer / compiler:
tElock 0.99 - 1.0 private

Code size:
367.5 KB (376,320 bytes)

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

Name:
GenieoSystemTray

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\trayui\bin\gentray.exe"


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