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openofficesuite-setup.exe

Zoobam

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 openofficesuite-setup.exe by Zoobam 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. 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:
Zoobam  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c4b164e595f391df6eb7ee8e64a4fc18

SHA-1:
f4a1c1ca4c1648dd6a6cd2a381a7a6a58d274a19

SHA-256:
f50603f8bca4f08540b7d99fcdbeb54932ce0866596bbdc80e0f3765d5023ac5

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 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:
11/24/2024 8:01:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Zoobam.Bundler (M)
16.7.6.8

File size:
652.8 KB (668,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openofficesuite-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zoobam

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/16/2014 10:27:59 AM

Valid to:
10/16/2017 10:27:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Zoobam, O=Zoobam, L=Kirkland, S=Washington, 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:
4EA9D31E75E043

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2015 1:58:28 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2g+CwK5V+i/C7AZnY0wlctMwJjqa+wfQhCPNUSCg9br0rLKnaZAn6mN:2gyK5swvnYnT2Qh4XSnvZA6

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 88, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, 92, 37, 00, 00, FF, 15, F8, 76, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, F4, 76, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, 3D, 42, 00, E8, 2D, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 80, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 1B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 10, 74, 40, 00, 68, 80, 34, 42, 00, E8, 1E, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9720

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file openofficesuite-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.openoffice.us.com/dl?bc=1172088&geo&geo

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