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toolbarupdate.exe

Tor Media LLC

The application toolbarupdate.exe by Tor Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
WebBars  (signed by Tor Media LLC)

Product:
WebBars

Version:
1.4.56

MD5:
600083df4e372d97e3fa02fa900f9591

SHA-1:
b73dc11faeb401f1bd8f421c891dd103814b18fe

SHA-256:
cdfc4497211f2d604142ebb93ba0e51fae1a7dd584d08ca9f632e2976608d3e0

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:
12/24/2024 5:00:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TorMedia.Installer (M)
16.4.14.23

File size:
2.8 MB (2,967,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.56

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\abhtml001\toolbarupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tor Media LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/21/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/22/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Tor Media LLC, O=Tor Media LLC, L=Novosibirsk, S=Russian Federation, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
51884B8AD645B5569AEE9DF15EC05D8B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 4:23:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Do3TTUa5y2FWJqAdu4lFm/uph5tojigSSOx9ut90UaRDdVuumZuR+V6ZJMOBDACg:DoDTXooWJqEpauj5hVG0ndVuumZoI6Zu

Entry address:
0x3415

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 70, 85, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, B3, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, B2, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 6C, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 54, 85, 40, 00, 68, A0, 32, 47, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, C0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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