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Groovecom

The application setup.exe by Groovecom has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.mirror6.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Groovecom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3e4d433e385b15c5fad7cfc8e4b5f71a

SHA-1:
a1bc89c04373fa17da1e6fa66211e00f04a7b85f

SHA-256:
61ad442c074b5f98fe593dfdda4eba8cd0ab4d2261e542e89afe637534e67f97

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/10/2025 8:28:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-141019

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3385

Dr.Web
Adware.DAdmin.151
9.0.1.0223

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.DownloadAdmin
t3scan.1.6.1.0

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!3E4D433E385B
16.8.708.2

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Groovecom.F
14.8.11.21

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.B577CD42
7.2.224

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
31208

File size:
738.3 KB (756,032 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/25/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Groovecom, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Groovecom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0C8ED38817030CF19BE6EE39708627BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2014 11:35:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iGTMPnoeqScs3iYzYozyaBJ80xy8yp66R2r/fpn+g5oL7Fz:iGTMQeq/sSBkPn80xypf6HwR

Entry address:
0x3341

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9385

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files5.mirror6.net/dl?bc=1082834&p_tid=dKKJGF44NAGRPVODG2JL9HA8&aid=4cf7024f-f256-4c00-b50a-4515a6dddf77&source=7bb6f12c-c522-4cb0-82c7-fc364d845372&c=f5fa178e-798d-44be-ac58-ca659264b86f&filename=Setup.exe&variation=secure

http://go.pcsoftupdate.com/.../1

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