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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:
8e79cd5c97481cc62c5000d21fe0a220

SHA-1:
7d2b0531b1f4a7a36a217a4c7004037bdd725726

SHA-256:
fad5ef669a348f0d4f5feb69cc53582229b10dfd6e3ead322bc71a2db95d541a

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 8:06:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
16.9.3.8

File size:
866.9 KB (887,736 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:
9/10/2015 3:39:55 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 3:39:55 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:
10/15/2014 10:48:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VJxyz17m0hpabeol11wK9XlmrW/3xKmwGFAMeHBXlCkFXUMDGsLVAau2/+3436:VmtDSbxlNVgW/33wGYBXlrFXDFhOoRq

Entry address:
0x4AD3

Entry point:
E8, 98, 8D, 00, 00, E9, A4, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, 6C, 24, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, ED, 76, 69, 53, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 1C, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 8A, 04, 1F, 0F, B6, C8, 80, B9, F8, 49, 41, 00, 00, 75, 1E, 8D, 96, 0C, 02, 00, 00, 39, 16, 72, 09, 56, E8, F1, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 8B, 06, 8A, 0C, 1F, 88, 08, FF, 06, EB, 0A, 56, 50, E8, 3C, E4, FF, FF, 83, C4, 08, 47, 3B, FD, 72, C4, 85, ED, 76, 0E, 68, 9C, FF, 40, 00, 56, E8, B5, 11, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 5E, 5B, 5F, 33, C0...
 
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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_adsrep300X250usdisplaydefault&c=informer_fwint&country=BR&variation=nochrome&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-94394887&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=ecl4ihfqwattgtg5p35rv25drklwwil7&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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