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searchsetup.exe

Inbox Search Toolbar

Inbox.com, Inc

The application searchsetup.exe, “Inbox Search Toolbar Setup ” by Inbox.com, Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.search-inbox.com.
Publisher:
Inbox.com, Inc.   (signed by Inbox.com, Inc)

Product:
Inbox Search Toolbar

Description:
Inbox Search Toolbar Setup

Version:
2.0.1.74

MD5:
43a6a034299670495cd70aa8049d37db

SHA-1:
11524b0dece8cb70f43d0ba1448b7f547ea48d52

SHA-256:
fdac13b1fe67c60956837b9732b94ffc92cf6d18e6442bf00d1d05e2046fa6ba

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/5/2024 4:32:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.19.2

File size:
1.8 MB (1,887,360 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1.74

Copyright:
copyright © Inbox.com, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Inbox.com, Inc

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/4/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Inbox.com, Inc", OU=INBOX.COM, O="Inbox.com, Inc", L=Wilmington, S=DELAWARE, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
263A9EA35EE9217F9233ABD64FC388C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:fOKK8TjlRwHuyii3WhA/QDC0sGRebA5rOYiZnB:fWspRwH4w0sGRebSivZnB

Entry address:
0xC1C0

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, C8, C0, 40, 00, E8, 60, 86, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 85, C8, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 41, C8, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 60, E6, 40, 00, E8, 5E, FD, FF, FF, E8, C9, F8, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 93, CA, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 8C, F0, 40, 00, E8, 0A, 77, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 8C, F0, 40, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9904

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

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

http://www.search-inbox.com/.../SearchSetup.exe

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