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openoffice-suite-gb-setup.exe

Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application openoffice-suite-gb-setup.exe by Statscom 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Statscom  (signed and verified)

Product:
Statscom

Version:
76.3.8.2514

MD5:
ca316b64e97cc88eed28359702f68e21

SHA-1:
fdd53effd20947d2d87ea956e4b5bbf12baf7d88

SHA-256:
761b697b8f0703b076cbe71cc28a1f5d739b8fbc76770cac10a885c94bb6b68b

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 8:01:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)
15.12.12.10

File size:
1012.3 KB (1,036,624 bytes)

Product version:
76.3.8.2514

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openoffice-suite-gb-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Statscom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 7:21:38 PM

Valid to:
9/17/2016 1:36:38 AM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00B76A917B400E54E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/27/2014 8:54:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qw0FSNT9oqE8+JJ//n6XxIPwH8DpatBn4m3LR1BR1N0hzX4c1ib531Ss:fNT2RJp6BLHapaYm7R1/4zo5l1v

Entry address:
0x18AA

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9753  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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