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settingsmanager.exe

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 settingsmanager.exe 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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Settings Manager’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Settings Manager

Version:
21, 5, 0, 1

MD5:
2941c96f808e26a4ef5bfffae21d4c4e

SHA-1:
cfd891534768675cc1197540f1d8b3ebce12b68a

SHA-256:
12bf7e34eb2d0727f193e2e73d37e4f0c0bfa8fc433e1ee1c509150047c28cce

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:
11/27/2024 1:50:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
16.9.22.9

File size:
876.5 KB (897,520 bytes)

Product version:
21, 5, 0, 1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/9/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2018 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2015 4:37:39 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:cB7sxzZ1zGQraqg3Q4CNu3ZnjnkaMSSU8l5aIRtjljdwuChdsK:AsxzPGQ25g4AM4w2lQIRtjl2HsK

Entry address:
0x76BAD

Entry point:
E8, BD, 88, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 33, C0, 39, 45, 0C, 76, 11, 8B, 4D, 08, 66, 83, 39, 00, 74, 08, 40, 41, 41, 3B, 45, 0C, 72, F2, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, 8D, 45, FC, 50, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 15, 89, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 18, 39, 45, FC, 74, 13, E8, 34, 2F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0A, E8, 2B, 2F, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, FC, 89, 08, 8B, C6, 5E, C9, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 53, 85, C0, 74, 52, 8B, 54, 24, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.3079

Code size:
593.5 KB (607,744 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Settings Manager

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe" \autostart


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