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 21 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 trackplace.net.
Publisher:

MD5:
42542b4f8edcdbb5e30dd2d87027afe6

SHA-1:
71df3e923622acf674068ac00316a3efa6141c0b

SHA-256:
41142eeb3b9b182be0f688441a068fc3f6093b9b7881cf750cf1e1ae9d3c4975

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/4/2025 9:24:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.7
918

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.08.01

Avira AntiVirus
TR/SquareNet.A.1
7.11.164.214

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3396

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.7
1.0.20.1065

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.SquareNet.C
19042

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.5721
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/SquareNet.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-01-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SquareNet
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.182.12911

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Squarenet
v2014.08.01.01

McAfee
PUP-FAU
5600.7052

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.7
15.0.0.639

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.01.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GuangzhouShibeiInformationTechnologyCo.O
14.7.31.23

Sophos
Square Network Installer
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

File size:
948.8 KB (971,560 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:
7/8/2014 4:49:51 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:HNYKsZPJlqIiIwMrNAL91Npcup9l4oJv5cAVSjH:8I9Bp9l7vv8H

Entry address:
0x8658F

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:
6.6968

Code size:
648 KB (663,552 bytes)

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

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