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tentacle.exe

Safe Install Software

The application tentacle.exe by Safe Install Software 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.
Publisher:
Original Developed Setup  (signed by Safe Install Software)

Product:
Original Developed Setup

Version:
87.4.1.6352

MD5:
f761936c001db98f9c8d4d0a10f79c67

SHA-1:
2845183f4486d7fba1bfc38b1e07ff69b59a9734

SHA-256:
9687d7d08a53c2763f64bc985780a3a1a4ebf228dd56f40de9f54c29adb38c23

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 12:45:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin (M)
16.10.11.1

File size:
757.2 KB (775,416 bytes)

Product version:
87.4.1.6352

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\tentacle.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Install Software

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/6/2015 1:17:38 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 9:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Install Software, O=Safe Install Software, 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:
240496CAFE014B90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 2:23:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:J69bmzhHPft9i3lJyug6HUZZhSXxD4/WBvnwVDbRp66bB33y17bFlhZ:JLHXt9klIz4XxoSuvnSNlhZ

Entry address:
0x1EFDB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9221

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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