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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. 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 Inuvo Inc.)

Product:
INUVO Product

Description:
ALOT Appbar Setup

Version:
1.3.4000.0

MD5:
cb016a6a94b6d77cb56755b67a51d1aa

SHA-1:
bf9246d6db869b8c646a4d2017980ef5ac0989f6

SHA-256:
82bbf9cd2d7c25f020e6f1f6e1481ada19d60e646ac63efeddf89c6fd94fe026

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 7:59:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.010

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot.Inuvo.Installer (M)
16.1.10.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.15FDBE21!368950817
23.00.65.16108

Sophos
Alot Toolbar Installer
4.94

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1005
7.2.10

File size:
1.2 MB (1,269,000 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:
Inuvo Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/16/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/16/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
9/9/2009 8:23:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZmJJu/E2ADmxOnDzbZuQt5O8gQULG7NKLW+GBDmgjqtBNei:ZO2AlvNu+5JgQyG7wa+GY7t6i

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:
7.9763

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/3/1/3/5/.../alot-appbar-installer.exe

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