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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:
279f9df88a8c988a630547f5c485e7c6

SHA-1:
dd49d06aabf3abc6b14878c0452a1fda4fa92b5f

SHA-256:
8453d2812d6e325b1694e9d7c5a020c7bc026c271b14206bf42352fb3fe5f584

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 11:44:13 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.2.18

File size:
526.8 KB (539,488 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:
2/9/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/9/2016 7:59:59 PM

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 5:45:06 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1052A

Entry point:
E8, 1B, DF, 00, 00, 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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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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