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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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. 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:
77eac93a3bee56f447b19cf0f468f62a

SHA-1:
6d178e84c9e4f5d0f833ee0c2c0bb8fa0353ef17

SHA-256:
2702d27302ef718161913267463e7aac5eb29e97b26766f9cba209b2944bc83a

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 6:48:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.Grooveco.Installer (M)
16.3.9.11

File size:
872.1 KB (893,056 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}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/10/2015 7:39:55 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 7:39:55 PM

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 7:08:38 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Bd6hrkl4LKQDBrEZ5JwBcHlmaG9pU8mR38x:BNhq5EfOCMpUlR38x

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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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&s=Fwint_Informer_Informer_adsrep300X250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=GB&osName=Windows&osVersion=Vista&browserName=Firefox&browserVersion=12&cb=-1996128625&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=dh4nshoj3gud2nmry63dtx6oxrvcxmt2&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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