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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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. 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:
1.3.4000.0

MD5:
00f9bb10fa53b6ab07ce04791ba081d2

SHA-1:
1a3f8c8145dac362b2fc0e15334def60eb6bea54

SHA-256:
a10b92ac979c9d3758ce8a5a832f35fc4231ca5975bd2e975bc9207dcea10f3c

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:
4/26/2024 7:57:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot (M)
16.7.21.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,202,736 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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\alot-appbar-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alot.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2013 4:59:59 PM

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 6:23:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vmJsbM6fbyGYq7mJs36YDzRWcZuwbAoZAhDSv2QXmx28:v/skmyrD8gDZAdQ2QXv8

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:
7.9741

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/3/1/3/.../4/alot-appbar-installer.exe

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