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gimpinstaller.exe

Nextup

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application gimpinstaller.exe by Nextup has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.greatappsfree.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

gimpinstaller.exe

Publisher:

Nextup (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.0.5

MD5:

0e74852b0b1e62afec113cced43692e3

SHA-1:

2c023f89a2c904f26290aad144f18110822634aa

SHA-256:

71e63285286039bdea960f81f9fea7bb3ea42276351e2eda6356b3b2d416396b

Scanner detections:

11 / 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:

12/25/2024 1:35:07 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/Verti (variant)

8.10084

G Data

Win32.Application.Nextup

14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.Nextup

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.180.12701

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.NextUp

v2014.07.21.02

McAfee

Artemis!C96BD5645D12

5600.7062

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Nextup.N

14.6.20.16

Sophos

NextUp

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0708

7.2.202

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.Agent

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Rocketfuel Installer

30426

File size:

594.5 KB (608,800 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\gimpinstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Nextup

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

5/21/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Nextup, O=Nextup, STREET=10900 NE 8TH ST, STREET=STE 1000, L=Bellevue, S=WA, PostalCode=98004, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00C705E6F899AC0C37A4458683DB2745BB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/2/2014 4:38:23 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:R2+SkudwTvelQUvoCSo5EbrQtKg0Th2X7XKsHOn8eonqxq+3:+kuAeQUvNSoS0C4X9Qf4qxqm

Entry address:

0x22565

Entry point:

E8, A6, A5, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, EC, 47, 00, E8, 65, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, E6, 9E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 54, 7F, 48, 00, BA, 50, 7F, 48, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, AD, B4, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, A4, B4, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 54, 2C, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, B2, 9D, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 8B... 
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Entropy:

6.6553

Code size:

398.5 KB (408,064 bytes)

The file gimpinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://inst.greatappsfree.com/dl/38/17694/38/.../

http://i.greatappsfree.com/stub/.../GimpInstaller.exe

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