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uninstall.exe

Secureencoded

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application uninstall.exe by Secureencoded has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC and “RocketTab” by Adknowledge, both potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2w2iwyju0dnjt.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
Secureencoded  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ca0eacd2d7e62ef354d2ba21f857f610

SHA-1:
c7511b3579fc4d4e91778d15f7d5b5ca4c81c1fb

SHA-256:
10896fe26f29031c0febc6f2a438634d05c809638cf3fe31532364b3b57f0a1f

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 2:13:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.PAJ
797

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.A.894
7.11.185.228

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3275

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.141113

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.PAJ
1.0.20.1665

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20086

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.39642
9.0.1.0317

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10716

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
11/13/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.PAJ
11.2014-29-11_7

G Data
Adware.Agent.PAJ
14.11.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Filefasten
v2014.11.29.05

McAfee
Artemis!CA0EACD2D7E6
5600.6948

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.PAJ
15.0.0.999

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Secureencoded.J
14.11.13.3

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
34748

File size:
6 MB (6,243,184 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search extensions\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secureencoded

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secureencoded, O=Secureencoded, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
008A9DE5BF6D7E4070873AB08E9304F7FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/13/2014 4:15:39 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Rb1bUavCEe+l48TPyaQLGoao6sAAWGT5lOf0HifHYHPHQHTHGHgHkH6xb6Mp04fa:RbhUavCE9ByaQLGoao6sAAWGT5lOf0Hj

Entry address:
0x348D

Entry point:
E8, 1F, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, 96, F1, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 8B, F1, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C0, 75, 63, E8, F5, 19, 00, 00, 89, 46, 08, 8B, 48, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 48, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, B8, EF, 9E, 00, 74, 12, 8B, 0D, 70, ED, 9E, 00, 85, 48, 70, 75, 07, E8, F9, 47, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 78, EC, 9E, 00, 74, 16, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 0D, 70, ED, 9E, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5627

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

“RocketTab”  by Adknowledge
RocketTab is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
85% remove it
Rockettab  by Rich River Media, LLC
RocketTab is an adware program that injects advertising in the user's web browser by creating a local proxy server and routing all Internet traffic through that proxy. By re-routing traffic the service will be able to include various ads in the HTML of the displaying web page.
rockettab.com
88% remove it
 
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The file uninstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d2w2iwyju0dnjt.cloudfront.net/.../rt-installer.exe

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