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zugo-startnow-remover.exe

StartNow Removal Tool

Zugo Ltd

The application zugo-startnow-remover.exe by Zugo has been detected as adware by 11 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 Removal Tool

Version:
1.0

MD5:
66ef8e6d0f66a89e3939c9f9733dd0f1

SHA-1:
bc6f897bc1d5729b9da517bec8475b3cd78d90c6

SHA-256:
950a868cf522b6d32fa79b5ea35c8d5474b1adcb12967db7e2a4bf003a6dfe87

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
11/14/2024 2:55:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Zugo.O
1032

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Zugo
7.1.1

Bitdefender
Adware.Zugo.O
1.0.20.490

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Zugo.O
8.14.04.08.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Zugo
8.9636

G Data
Adware.Zugo
14.4.24

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Zugo.O
15.0.0.294

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Zugo.cthcnu
0.28.0.58873

nProtect
Adware.Zugo.O
14.04.03.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Zugo.V
14.8.7.17

Rising Antivirus
NS:AdWare.Script.VBS.StartPage.g!1579249
23.00.65.14406

File size:
1.3 MB (1,319,448 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zugo Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
1/27/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2013 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=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
46241CDE5C7B500B51C5F1328228F2A9

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):
24576:7Oo1J0cN4yu4cfI0MSx90049AB1Xf8V7OcVa0N+SPWZgF/yCinum:xgvnfhMGm04qDXfYOcVVN+Su/Civ

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:
7.9735

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://about.startnow.com/.../zugo-startnow-remover.exe

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