openoffice_setup.exe

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Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application openoffice_setup.exe, “OpenOffice ” by Optimum Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
OptimumInstaller  (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:
TODO: <Product name>

Description:
OpenOffice

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
a3601d4b1b807b112e9c93a1d256ad2f

SHA-1:
916e1a51eb432273d941d27fe2b1c1251269b315

SHA-256:
69d9f82213ad93521e6588f53278935f9805389d7027e39042a1fc302085b527

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 10:04:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.OptimumI.Bundler (M)
16.7.4.0

File size:
607.6 KB (622,176 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/8/2011 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/7/2012 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

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:
0809956535A889F9931BDEF10FF6814A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2012 3:12:51 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IdeDufC42tAWFQ7JYqLawOn6uKkUivDHDfpVTkx8up0C:YeqfCrtAWFOJYqDO6uKkUOHzbb5C

Entry address:
0x4C92D

Entry point:
E8, 9F, DC, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8B, 4D, 08, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 33, FF, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 5D, FC, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 21, 39, 7D, 14, 74, 1C, 3B, CF, 75, 1F, E8, 09, 08, 00, 00, 57, 57, 57, 57, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 57, E8, 5F, D0, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5B, C9, C3, 8B, 75, 18, 3B, F7, 74, 0D, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10, 39, 45, 14, 76, 21, 83, FB, FF, 74, 0B, 53, 57, 51, E8, B2, CB, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, F7, 74, B9, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.5161

Code size:
418.5 KB (428,544 bytes)

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