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alot-appbar-installer.exe

INUVO Product

Inuvo Inc.

The application alot-appbar-installer.exe, “ALOT Appbar Setup” by Inuvo has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address h118.221.40.69.static.ip.windstream.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
ALOT  (signed by Inuvo Inc.)

Product:
INUVO Product

Description:
ALOT Appbar Setup

Version:
1.3.7000.0

MD5:
09a480b798fb97395090313b1eade84b

SHA-1:
8a721abc17966bdd96f6f8ded0f592aa9eb8a38e

SHA-256:
a83b0038a7cb88567eacc666b76f8b9720e1522c979091e7b528291eee9e3e1d

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 12:19:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.0154

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.543

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Alot
15.6.3.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.15FDBE21!368950817
23.00.65.15601

Sophos
Alot Toolbar Installer
4.94

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1005
7.2.154

File size:
1.1 MB (1,153,784 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:
Inuvo Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/17/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/17/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Inuvo Inc., OU=alot.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Inuvo Inc., L=Conway, S=Arkansas, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3882D25FACDF3244606CB5E968ED9FEA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 7:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JFM6CWOzBbCpTYt935k8pMamXm90sTJVmQXZOLpcEizCU:I6CWaWAfpMk0syQ4U

Entry address:
0x39E3

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, 91, 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, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9832

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to h118.221.40.69.static.ip.windstream.net  (69.40.221.118:80)

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