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Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application groovestream.exe, “Groove Stream ” by Optimum Installer has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.optimum-installer.com.
Publisher:
OptimumInstaller  (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:
TODO: <Product name>

Description:
Groove Stream

Version:
2.0.1

MD5:
68ea1a57072e02e64b7bb77758dbe8ab

SHA-1:
dcc1d4762a0b67eff49343323ead349fbcc31c3d

SHA-256:
95584083125ddc9e10da921cb4ecb678515e2abe47dccbb1164509c9f96f59e3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:47:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.8.8.17

File size:
634.6 KB (649,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\groovestream.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Optimum Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/7/2011 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2012 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
0809956535A889F9931BDEF10FF6814A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/17/2012 3:22:50 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:sgFSwg7hWWm8PS21w7JY8AMnRzOl4eGtAoziUTHA21LZpgP:sgNkhWWm8PS21uJY8AqzOl4eGriULt1U

Entry address:
0x553A3

Entry point:
E8, 3F, F1, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8B, 4D, 08, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 33, FF, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 5D, FC, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 21, 39, 7D, 14, 74, 1C, 3B, CF, 75, 1F, E8, 05, 0B, 00, 00, 57, 57, 57, 57, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 57, E8, 19, CE, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5B, C9, C3, 8B, 75, 18, 3B, F7, 74, 0D, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10, 39, 45, 14, 76, 21, 83, FB, FF, 74, 0B, 53, 57, 51, E8, 4C, C6, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, F7, 74, B9, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10...
 
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Code size:
459.5 KB (470,528 bytes)

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

http://install.optimum-installer.com/o/.../GrooveStream.exe

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