java_installer.exe

Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application java_installer.exe by Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co. has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from websitecom.us and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:

MD5:
f6fa0b0fd63df474549d2072e8f0f3a4

SHA-1:
589f0b4754540966e56e290019687154b2332e74

SHA-256:
1fff60ad7dc9b0222d626dc221b3d1888b1611bf11f94678749370cae6677436

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 10:56:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.08.04

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/SquareNet.A.2
7.11.165.22

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-140923

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3269

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Squarenet-1
0.98/19423

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SquareNet.C
19070

Dr.Web
Trojan.Starter.3337
9.0.1.0266

ESET NOD32
Win32/SquareNet.A potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Bundler
14.12.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.5.19

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SquareNet
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12926

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloader
v2014.12.05.02

McAfee
PUP-FAU
5600.6925

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.185.877.0

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.05.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GuangzhouShibeiInformationTechnologyCo.O
14.9.23.16

Sophos
Square Network Installer
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
949.8 KB (972,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.", L=Guangzhou, S=Guangdong, C=CN

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:
730FCD851F607FC42ED72447D10ED84A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/12/2014 11:57:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:g6sH5lv0u/ldnmOFFxqGmPir+SV2AN5oAVZ2N:gN3FUPil2A9iN

Entry address:
0x8687F

Entry point:
E8, A2, CB, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 85, DB, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 57, 83, FB, 04, 72, 75, 8D, 7B, FC, 85, FF, 76, 6E, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 8A, 10, 83, C0, 04, 83, C1, 04, 84, D2, 74, 52, 3A, 51, FC, 75, 4D, 8A, 50, FD, 84, D2, 74, 3C, 3A, 51, FD, 75, 37, 8A, 50, FE, 84, D2, 74, 26, 3A, 51, FE, 75, 21, 8A, 50, FF, 84, D2, 74, 10, 3A, 51, FF, 75, 0B, 83, 45, FC, 04, 39, 7D, FC, 72, C2, EB, 3F, 0F, B6, 40, FF, 0F, B6, 49, FF, EB, 46...
 
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Entropy:
6.6997

Code size:
648.5 KB (664,064 bytes)

The file java_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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