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Savvy

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application savvysetup.exe, “Savvy Setup ” by Savvy 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 Adlogica Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Adlogica   (signed by Savvy)

Product:
Savvy

Description:
Savvy Setup

Version:
1.0.0.8

MD5:
e36fef9fd7f7694953a9f6dabbfeaacd

SHA-1:
48b5db4e9158cc0c7149147221699da5b97fa44c

SHA-256:
b5ce3d29fb6ed40cdb426a323dafaa4c457fef1f6ed129b55ecaacf64d79be35

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 4:29:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica (M)
16.10.10.14

File size:
1.4 MB (1,427,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.8

Copyright:
Adlogica

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\savvysetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Savvy

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/12/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/13/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Savvy, O=Savvy, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
397CE208945051D16EBC051D5ED4B1EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GxGkXjRWHfzVaV019OyKyZM1aO2Zg3rzdRd9BHSyHWb+IMmUlexhKi3D9ccQ4fbB:LCWHfbpKbay3Ny9UYhKc1fbB

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9455

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file savvysetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/savvy-addons/.../SavvySetup.exe

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