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installer_ares_spanish.exe

Zoobam

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 installer_ares_spanish.exe by Zoobam 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.instseo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Zoobam  (signed and verified)

MD5:
adc55b6e98a0d9d533196866688816e5

SHA-1:
db6c1b2e6ad3d2f02cb4279e32760672720801fb

SHA-256:
c4adfb4236da4c3d4d10a2a114df3a5e7f7dd521473fea74741651cc24c898e0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/27/2024 3:44:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Zoobam.Bundler (M)
16.3.10.14

File size:
823.5 KB (843,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zoobam

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/16/2014 4:27:59 AM

Valid to:
10/16/2017 4:27:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zoobam, O=Zoobam, L=Kirkland, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EA9D31E75E043

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 6:29:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8SU:Qp9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg5

Entry address:
0x3345

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, 2E, 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, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file installer_ares_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?aa=lp/1/seo//&loop=1&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwMTA1MDAxMDYwMDEwNy9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwLzEvc2VvL3NwYW5pc2gvc2VvL2Nocm9tZS9hcmVzL2QvNzgyMTk4MDI3ZmM1MDk0YzQ3OWQzZWY5YTQzYjIyYjUvdGlnL25hL25hL2luc3RhbGxlcl9hcmVzX1NwYW5pc2guZXhl&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC8xL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L3RpZy9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&r=3209000&p=U0VP&ML=12&MK=33&LI=45&HH=92&NI=87&DI=39&FA=69&GH=49&AJ=91&GE=15&s=4793579039665060676008347284775255603517583099156756691329797312883234993302317993653886765597785119519949170970335724300950638249201195112219243816256341314249279389890111146528143788919444361290289391416168983351143187624754772702954560468894019338190666043314619076112092493336255312926258719626338637887220846477769395167139763527315037121779546575092805782145887390

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?aa=lp/1/seo//&r=1921118&loop=1&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAxMjI3MDEyMjgwMTIyOS9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwLzEvc2VvL3NwYW5pc2gvc2VvL2Nocm9tZS9hcmVzL2QvNzgyMTk4MDI3ZmM1MDk0YzQ3OWQzZWY5YTQzYjIyYjUvdGlnL25hL25hL2luc3RhbGxlcl9hcmVzX1NwYW5pc2guZXhl&p=U0VP&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC8xL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L3RpZy9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&BB=81&DG=76&GE=93&NI=64&FJ=58&IK=94&EE=51&EC=90&BK=88&s=9290545841207018341559338098587406561045176988723978912811679310076271799487369667558730807849846464643592228284940814804688673320784134366185679661142510488810898312748467035001116378416298388219494340044644765302144874613534484818923387764394619107668921469851753082868208670680347149386271446755032962830898923638666294439114728924207397189553320050594415998890210050878724

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?aa=lp/1/seo//&loop=1&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC8xL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L3RpZy9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&p=U0VP&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAxMjI2MDEyMjcwMTIyOC9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwLzEvc2VvL3NwYW5pc2gvc2VvL2Nocm9tZS9hcmVzL2QvNzgyMTk4MDI3ZmM1MDk0YzQ3OWQzZWY5YTQzYjIyYjUvdGlnL25hL25hL2luc3RhbGxlcl9hcmVzX1NwYW5pc2guZXhl&r=5360209&KL=22&MB=24&LJ=65&KB=89&AI=55&EK=85&BD=41&JN=9&DG=50&s=16295481191728847916269428012063783221340512497298914867668874243666801862112932823300076953388744425512833026308749746332770555997558732144775649524258426582081837710925402067029445398056264448110102652959751706236131767201113134309605570741375988065895006410850820378442589078984464974616601784821666825822721168565037607876268425117600972099956559220008634476988758755964959

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?aa=lp/1/seo//&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC8xL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L3RpZy9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&p=U0VP&loop=1&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwMTAzMDAxMDQwMDEwNS9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwLzEvc2VvL3NwYW5pc2gvc2VvL2Nocm9tZS9hcmVzL2QvNzgyMTk4MDI3ZmM1MDk0YzQ3OWQzZWY5YTQzYjIyYjUvdGlnL25hL25hL2luc3RhbGxlcl9hcmVzX1NwYW5pc2guZXhl&r=4641403&GA=1&IL=44&FD=85&LK=49&KB=54&EH=55&NH=34&ID=95&II=17&AN=36&s=16375793574824386046941896335567205785032514953657352432075632453921434786181457283527734308553846099468087232050313087527372767367314212945241272681343171458284915337532156384542687004149968469003866071709164433133657654401401897404675691144458724589939080260900477947151597469818712720846847985779484543290272154337312906794262111566995012238761493694374791002169768360

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