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CEInstaller.exe

CE Installer

Lake Ventures LLC

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application CEInstaller.exe by Lake Ventures has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Lake Ventures LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
CE Installer

Version:
2.0

MD5:
f3bbcede84878c11e58f9ffeb22dae48

SHA-1:
95110785fa7eb66463cf96ccb9d5cc1179ecc819

SHA-256:
29be4447586336e497273b28c34cf905b97e9ccb0b04050433e7c0384ec45256

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:46:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.141024

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10548

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ContentExplorer.A
v2014.10.24.06

McAfee
Artemis!657A381EA1C9
5600.6967

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.LakeVentures.L
14.10.24.18

Sophos
Generic PUA NL
4.98

File size:
146.7 KB (150,256 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
CEInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\zbwjc5qc\ceinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lake Ventures LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2013 3:22:44 PM

Valid to:
12/17/2014 3:22:44 PM

Subject:
CN=Lake Ventures LLC, O=Lake Ventures LLC, L=Aliso Viejo, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B14BBCA37F140

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/24/2014 1:01:09 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:N/JT34Px08m0j47LhQkSbQYjEyok9HS/gX2:RJQy8m087+bjjdX2

Entry address:
0x230A2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2467

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
132.5 KB (135,680 bytes)

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