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alot_toolbar_email_installer_11712.exe

ALOT Toolbar

Alot.com

The application alot_toolbar_email_installer_11712.exe, “ALOT Toolbar 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.alot.com.
Publisher:
ALOT  (signed by Alot.com)

Product:
ALOT Toolbar

Description:
ALOT Toolbar Setup

Version:
2.5.22003.0

MD5:
3070c135d2219a25e7b6d88e924b41ee

SHA-1:
28ec6c036fc46bb8ebaefab2054b9daa65bc8ae2

SHA-256:
5177747acbec73fda4e23dc30219ac3db1d11c997971b6d86892f63c77142293

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:
5/10/2024 5:00:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot (M)
16.8.1.20

File size:
704.6 KB (721,464 bytes)

Copyright:
© 2009

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\alot_toolbar_email_installer_11712.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alot.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/14/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/21/2013 1:59:59 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 3:23:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/mJihrmxzm6bdtHllBL39DR5/8B+TVR+uUDyb/9PtH4aoSpmsKXbXex/BUB8bQgN:/mJ5xCEtFlh3xR5/SmDUDMdVEsmsKXUh

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:
7.9402

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file alot_toolbar_email_installer_11712.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files.alot.com/1/toolbar/.../ALOT_Toolbar_Email_Installer_11712.exe

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