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searchgol toolbarupdt.exe

OPTI ADS LTD

The application searchgol toolbarupdt.exe by OPTI ADS has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered by a time event. The file has been seen being downloaded from 49883610b2899a565445-f8bbcd60a34d32bcae8d0f1cb50205b0.r36.cf1.rackcdn.com.
Publisher:
OPTI ADS LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1de79b3573e821b5f21f3db0adf9e517

SHA-1:
6ad53e7b1152f18242f3351a45ca0059ce00593f

SHA-256:
5a7f349589810c7b57a3b7897be149f98f67f7c875181414d6ee9ee80b799682

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 7:33:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OPTIADS (M)
16.2.20.22

File size:
936.4 KB (958,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\searchgol\searchgol\2.0.1.1\searchgol toolbarupdt.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OPTI ADS LTD

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
3/13/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=OPTI ADS LTD, O=OPTI ADS LTD, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
019E7E421DD92BB6922755CD51B3A65C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2015 8:00:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lZXrlV7yu2HrAkvYpXrTqvEUVGzK6ZlW9jHEAwd5u:lZXr37Z2HWSv9/wIHE5d5u

Entry address:
0x68C0

Entry point:
56, EB, 03, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8B, 35, 78, E0, 44, 00, 6A, 00, FF, D6, 50, E8, 99, FF, FF, FF, 83, C4, 04, 68, 7C, 01, 46, 00, 6A, 00, FF, D6, 50, FF, 15, 74, E0, 44, 00, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, E0, 33, C0, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 41, 04, 2B, 3B, C1, 76, 02, 8B, C1, 89, 46, 04, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 16, 8B, 4E, 04, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 03, D9, 8D, 3C, 10, 3B, DF, 4E, 08, 03, C8, 01, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, 83, 7E, 04, 00, 57, 75, 10, 8B, 06, 8B...
 
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Code size:
305 KB (312,320 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Searchgol Toolbar Updater

Trigger:
Time


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

http://49883610b2899a565445-f8bbcd60a34d32bcae8d0f1cb50205b0.r36.cf1.rackcdn.com/searchgol_2.0.1.1_cn.exe

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