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alot-appbar-installer.exe

ALOT Appbar

Alot.com

The application alot-appbar-installer.exe, “ALOT Appbar Setup” by Alot.com 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.alotimg.com.
Publisher:
ALOT  (signed by Alot.com)

Product:
ALOT Appbar

Description:
ALOT Appbar Setup

Version:
1.3.0001.0

MD5:
f196f5d96b6053d3abe14edfd972429c

SHA-1:
04385a89d6790e72f592ca048c61552b8f21ec9c

SHA-256:
b1d699ba74bb04dabfe2ec074a3a16278e51ccae0fde45954ea02b4722edd1b2

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:
4/19/2024 1:59:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot (M)
16.8.10.3

File size:
1.1 MB (1,196,288 bytes)

Copyright:
(c) 2010 ALOT.com

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\alot-appbar-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alot.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/14/2010 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/21/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Alot.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Alot.com, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0EBE0040F9558F86569F54286EF65398

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2009 2:23:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ymJblUPWqreBn/mEuvmNUcAPlzseAl+K3AMWSrmtw7rooq6UzaG:ykUPWqrW/GvzdzxYTUGrowUzaG

Entry address:
0x354B

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, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9742

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file alot-appbar-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.alotimg.com/app/3/bar/installer/link/3/0/2/0/.../alot-appbar-installer.exe

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