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notifier.exe

Notifications

Wajamu

The file is part of Wajam, a web browser extension that injects social search integration into various search portals such as Google. The application notifier.exe by Wajamu has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘V-bates’.
Publisher:
Wajamu  (signed and verified)

Product:
Notifications

Description:
Notications

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
a6d45e8fe0c45a427c2cc4c6198936c9

SHA-1:
7032f6edaf9440c49abd5004b5370e0fef6e1742

SHA-256:
6e569735813e3064dbdaff8833e6ccd944cb42556264f1ebd0c8624b9204be54

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.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:50:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Wajam.Wajamu (M)
16.2.10.0

File size:
366.8 KB (375,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Wajamu. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
notifier.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\v-bates\notifier.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wajamu

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/25/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/26/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wajamu, O=Wajamu, L=Herzlia, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
254859747F512412BB92CB81D0C020A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2014 8:34:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:B8JBtTOr9R/w/1GZO0ZhSkmpzAs1rVyggzIp+9lzsayv4QLdOYOP+snndnL:B8JBtQNPOAKue8wFgQ89GsdnL

Entry address:
0x1BA66

Entry point:
E8, 45, 79, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 83, 3D, 10, 47, 44, 00, 01, 72, 5F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 8B, D0, C1, E0, 08, 0B, D0, 66, 0F, 6E, DA, F2, 0F, 70, DB, 00, 0F, 16, DB, 8B, 54, 24, 04, B9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 83, C8, FF, 23, CA, D3, E0, 2B, D1, F3, 0F, 6F, 0A, 66, 0F, EF, D2, 66, 0F, 74, D1, 66, 0F, 74, CB, 66, 0F, EB, D1, 66, 0F, D7, CA, 23, C8, 75, 08, 83, C8, FF, 83, C2, 10, EB, DC, 0F, BC, C1, 03, C2, 66, 0F, 7E, DA, 33, C9, 3A, 10, 0F, 45, C1, C3, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 53, 8B, D8, C1, E0, 08, 8B, 54...
 
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Entropy:
5.9423

Code size:
199 KB (203,776 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
V-bates

Command:
C:\Program Files\v-bates\notifier.exe


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