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Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application java_installer.exe by Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co. 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Oracle Java Runtime but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.trackfiledownload.com.
Publisher:
Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9094435b9abf465916c2710c35e046e6

SHA-1:
bd044574779f90a9e5a0561398afd1a863801936

SHA-256:
e08416e84e03c712a1324015f9fb17becfa8ee4b935ba4ae42c81da274c87393

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:
11/15/2024 8:56:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GuangzhouShibeiInformationTechnologyCo.Bundler (M)
16.1.24.23

File size:
924.3 KB (946,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\java_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.

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:
6/20/2014 3:44:45 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:llj2GlONoWagpg7uHn29g0qSXYhy2H9W5BAP52BlmW:CUgqYhBW5GWlmW

Entry address:
0x8319F

Entry point:
E8, 52, 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:
6.6944

Code size:
633.5 KB (648,704 bytes)

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

http://www.trackfiledownload.com/entry/node/file/pkg/java/.../java_installer.exe

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