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PreferencesManager.exe

Widgi Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application PreferencesManager.exe, “Preferences Manager” by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SearchSettings’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Widgi Toolbar

Description:
Preferences Manager

Version:
24, 4, 0, 3

MD5:
aed26e918c16d461b27aa858395f237d

SHA-1:
8dea928ddd02f2237efbb9709fd6317ced135945

SHA-256:
d46ebc9657844d1c938f46ec078b96c93d7bec1552e673dbfc91216464c593a6

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.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 8:12:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.3.10.16

File size:
1.1 MB (1,152,864 bytes)

Product version:
24, 4, 0, 3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2015 Spigot, Inc.

Original file name:
PreferencesManager.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\preferences manager\preferencesmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/29/2017 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US, PostalCode=89451, STREET="554 Mays Blvd. #10-456", SERIALNUMBER=E0212222011-9, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Nevada, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
03E5C440CF437E7CED5660E25E2C0DE7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/10/2016 4:35:00 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x806A8

Entry point:
E8, 92, 89, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 6A, 0A, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, E8, 9A, 22, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, DF, FF, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, 8D, 45, FC, 50, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, E8, 89, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 18, 39, 45, FC, 74, 13, E8, 7F, 4C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0A, E8, 76, 4C, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, FC, 89, 08, 8B, C6, 5E, C9, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 33, C0, 39, 45, 0C, 76, 11, 8B, 4D, 08, 66, 83, 39, 00, 74, 08...
 
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Entropy:
5.9469

Code size:
654 KB (669,696 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SearchSettings

Command:
"C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\preferences manager\preferencesmanager.exe"


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