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wajam_install.exe

Wajam

The file is part of Wajam, a web browser extension that injects social search integration into various search portals such as Google. The application wajam_install.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.wajam-download.com.
Product:
Wajam

Version:
1.96

MD5:
3349bd4260936936d7c3b82481cf0d80

SHA-1:
1f06e0d94466c1d0ab0f8eb8b2fcecbc7899a938

SHA-256:
aac8e222867d339e9b80c49c210c43c214bd68f1384cbb7c53f4a00e6db942ca

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:47:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Wajam.Installer.Meta (M)
16.3.2.17

File size:
517.9 KB (530,294 bytes)

Copyright:
© Wajam. All right reserved.

Trademarks:
Wajam – Great minds search alike.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\wajam_install.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 3:53:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:e7XPjJb5XUKDGTeUwRZu5l9LhJslOj+UQt7R5jwwa:e7XPjJb5XUKD4eUOu5bDw7k

Entry address:
0x36A0

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 88, A7, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 63, 42, 00, E8, EE, 2E, 00, 00, A3, 04, 63, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, B0, 0C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 81, 40, 00, 68, 10, A8, 40, 00, 68, 00, 5B, 42, 00, E8, F4, 29, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, BF, 00, C0, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, E2, 29, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9696

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

http://www.wajam-download.com/.../wajam_install.exe

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