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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. 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:
4ed47a8e8d9dc7711edb21ee292b55df

SHA-1:
b7da6e3b096d610d6214e5b56dcc83dc45bc09c3

SHA-256:
6785c82d95d1af0eabfc1ed0514078ff53841350b7c28757a64ff68b119895f1

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 7:25:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)
15.11.24.15

File size:
17.6 MB (18,416,488 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)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Statscom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 2:21:38 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 8:36:38 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 4:54:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:2Th3uCY2cJ3PeZnIwHpSPgmrbLuVVJy7mVIl5I+voQEV9z+IOgb:2ICC3KIVPUJySy5HAzmgb

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:
7.9998  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

The file openofficesuite-us-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

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

http://www.openoffice.us.com/.../dl_file.php

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