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openofficesuite-us-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 openofficesuite-us-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. 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:
Statscom  (signed and verified)

Product:
Statscom

Version:
76.3.8.2514

MD5:
d69aeac230f10ee645e934575cdacbdf

SHA-1:
a25a0eb418cef6839ff51b26e94c437710572fd2

SHA-256:
4d5b07aba2471829a5b06f6f51f9b9beeb8a6e4ab8536e90ab65b4e1e92e1728

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:
11/15/2024 8:06:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)
15.12.2.6

File size:
1023.9 KB (1,048,432 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\openofficesuite-us-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Statscom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 11:21:38 AM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 5:36:38 PM

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 1:54:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:8w0FSNT9oqE8+JJ//n6XxIPwH8DpatBn4m3LR1BR1N0hzX4c1LGHb531Sn0h9C:pNT2RJp6BLHapaYm7R1/4zogGHl1c0hs

Entry address:
0x18AA

Entry point:
E8, F1, C3, 00, 00, E9, F5, BC, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, E8, E7, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 89, 44, 24, 18, 8D, 44, 24, 1C, 50, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, C7, 44, 24, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8A, 5E, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 2C, 6A, 00, 68, A8, FF, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 1C, 0F, 6A, 03, 55, 89, 5C, 24, 44, E8, 6E, 5E, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 48, 52, 55, 89, 44, 24, 48, E8, AF, 5B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 30, 85, FF, 75, 0D, 55, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9754  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

The file openofficesuite-us-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://filecdn.openoffice.us.com/OpenOfficeSuite-us-file_setup.exe

http://filecdn.openoffice.us.com/OpenOfficeSuite-us-setup.exe

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