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smarthideipsetup.exe

The application smarthideipsetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from download2.smart-hide-ip.com.
MD5:
ec3f38259773a571084c07ef8613ba00

SHA-1:
14467d2ea5548038273a32b8bd3411b4fc3cd879

SHA-256:
7128cad7be0718d1ada54af8a8b6c5c6fe155f05bca54cb6d2dd3c5fde7c73c8

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 3:47:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Ask
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.151130

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0334

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12631

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar
v2015.11.30.08

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.csnyil
0.30.26.4751

File size:
2.8 MB (2,935,859 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/7/2009 3:11:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ahQKPnPM13ktph3hUd2i5kBgQ/lGqj06VA2XzGfTtKUftOMFRn2jiQbq:TKPnPm3gBhU8izazGfd15h2jir

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9957

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download2.smart-hide-ip.com/.../SmartHideIP-2.8.5.8.Setup.exe

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