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installgenieo.exe

Personalization Partner

Genieo Innovation LTD

The application installgenieo.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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.genieo.com.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

Product:
Personalization Partner

Version:
1.0.418

MD5:
475420792085c20970b7f3ef9be271c3

SHA-1:
827540a80220956ef32c15776d86e997bdcb570d

SHA-256:
2c2603ffdd3dad7a4c9380bbdca94b08f7694ad4fe5731fe2ac7f9d0e3615409

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:
12/24/2024 3:00:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.8.13.17

File size:
1 MB (1,097,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.418

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Genieo Innovation LTD

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
2/9/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/9/2012 1:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
2E479E66C397C49FA9F82D47B7227317

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 12:50:46 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FaxaDojW4bycOVRRhjzorVws0MzMObTm63Y0TVDS5+zkZvpwpnH:pYy9jEr106TPTZS5IkZh2H

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9917

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.genieo.com/partner/genieo/release/.../InstallGenieo.exe

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