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startnow-toolbar.exe

StartNow Toolbar

Zugo Ltd

The application startnow-toolbar.exe by Zugo has been detected as adware by 19 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 about.startnow.com.
Publisher:
Zugo Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
StartNow Toolbar

Version:
2.5.4

MD5:
ae7544854cf4e27757e0d9ceb4a2aab8

SHA-1:
591a98f2c25cfd43cb36b5b4dd6716d460c8955c

SHA-256:
418e60f5937b42b4191583a5c17b712777dbc278f98ed6834842e9ee279342e7

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 2:20:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Zugo.O
610

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Visucius.15
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150604

Bitdefender
Adware.Zugo.O
1.0.20.775

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
22304

Dr.Web
Adware.Zugo.114
9.0.1.0155

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Zugo.O
8.15.06.04.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Zugo potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11717

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar
6/4/2015

G Data
Adware.Zugo
15.6.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Zugo
v2015.06.04.05

McAfee
Artemis!AE7544854CF4
5600.6744

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Zugo.O
16.0.0.465

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Zugo.dfshvj
0.30.24.1636

nProtect
Adware.Zugo.O
15.06.01.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Zugo.Installer
15.6.4.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.ArcadeWeb!6.425
23.00.65.15602

VIPRE Antivirus
Zugo Ltd
40746

File size:
1.3 MB (1,361,432 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\startnow-toolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zugo Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/30/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Zugo Ltd, O=Zugo Ltd, STREET=PO Box 36, STREET=1st Floor, STREET=37 Broad St., L=St Helier, S=Jersey, PostalCode=JE4 9NU, C=JE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00FA860DF2AC924FC31176C787706F3824

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BGpNH3ZcNTYsItcM9qEB/ZJcjoYYloR8jwHlFM//fXRG7Ti3pMLukF:kBpYTtUcsqo/bCFwwHlFGc7ogukF

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:
7.9762

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file startnow-toolbar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://about.startnow.com/.../startnow-toolbar.exe

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