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Groovecom

The application setup.exe by Groovecom has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager106.com.
Publisher:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer  (signed by Groovecom)

Product:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer

Version:
10.1.6.4902

MD5:
e6b8ba2fdb759f0ffeda360514d2e2f6

SHA-1:
2c3c8d49a5da7330cc4637931c7fafdfdd3c1278

SHA-256:
77b94ee52a9ffd625844b6f309c67841cecd1c8677637d6ba5682e140ffa7aa6

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:
11/5/2024 6:53:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
16.8.5.9

File size:
872 KB (892,968 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.6.4902

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/11/2015 12:09:55 AM

Valid to:
9/11/2016 12:09:55 AM

Subject:
CN=Groovecom, O=Groovecom, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
3E4B3CDAAE5E9173

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/11/2014 11:38:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Id6hrkl4LKQDBrEZ5JwBcHlmaG9pU8mR38d:INhq5EfOCMpUlR38d

Entry address:
0x1A96

Entry point:
E8, E5, BD, 00, 00, E9, E7, B6, 00, 00, 81, EC, 14, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 55, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, CB, 56, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 1C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 55, E8, 85, 57, 00, 00, 55, E8, 7F, 57, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 14, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 55, E8, 06, 57, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 20, 52, 55, E8, 5B, 56, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F3, 73, 22, 8D, 64, 24, 00, 0F, B6, 06, 8D, 4C, 24...
 
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Entropy:
7.9684  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager106.com/download/.../dl?bc=1194693&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&c=default&country=LK&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-1104353014&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=mak2sltkchg62gsumrp3o7swl2j6qfxr&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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