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browsercompanion.exe

Blabbers Communications Ltd

This is the Blabbers installer, a PUP (potentially unwanted program) that will modify the web browser's search behavior as well as may hijack the browser's home page and other providers. The application browsercompanion.exe by Blabbers Communications has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Blabbers Communications Ltd  (signed and verified)

Version:
2

MD5:
806d1c172fdf2375a7b2a3d3cc9c6a49

SHA-1:
dc68c1def6b34910d0f21091dbd2caa6a98c55dc

SHA-256:
121b38c126b47e866ffabc76bf8db993fb904e9c777daa607042f4b14b026105

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:25:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16426

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BlabbersCommunications.Q
14.8.7.17

ViRobot
Adware.Agent.1194064
2011.4.7.4223

File size:
1.1 MB (1,194,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\browsercompanion.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blabbers Communications Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/21/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/20/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Blabbers Communications Ltd, O=Blabbers Communications Ltd, STREET=Arad 3, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=43034, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A56E0C91F7B125DC48FCA4C6077C7BC6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:eoAObT5po6u3EE1Gx1T9F7N41A4yQEzZ1iPJ5PR:TAUxLF7NxlJ1iPbPR

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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