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Client.exe

Secureencoded

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Secureencoded has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC and RocketTab: by Adknowledge, Inc., both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Secureencoded  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5381.23986

MD5:
025044d89eca9d8c40afaf1a138e50d2

SHA-1:
5695348b1d8abd650643aca9599780eac158e175

SHA-256:
1053009cf92beba345fe5d35f828f36a342fd94495e149e5eb93cfa7001da579

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:06:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10465

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Secureencoded.G
14.9.30.13

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
33426

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5381.23986

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search extensions\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secureencoded

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secureencoded, O=Secureencoded, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
008A9DE5BF6D7E4070873AB08E9304F7FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/25/2014 9:19:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0ZB0VP8cwVNh366JS/NWCjYEQBYG2gk1SuqxSEB:dVR16JSwCYEQeJNFqHB

Entry address:
0x15209A

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.0974

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,376,768 bytes)

The file Client.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Rockettab  by Rich River Media, LLC
RocketTab is an adware program that injects advertising in the user's web browser by creating a local proxy server and routing all Internet traffic through that proxy. By re-routing traffic the service will be able to include various ads in the HTML of the displaying web page.
rockettab.com
88% remove it
RocketTab:  by Adknowledge, Inc.
RocketTab is an advertising supported browser extension also known as adware and is designed to deliver ads to the user's Internet browser as banners, context text-links and transitionals ads. The injected ads are not affiliated with the underlying website on which they appear.
www.adknowledge.com
87% remove it
 
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-2-10-61.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.2.10.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-206-203-23.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.206.203.23:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to geoplugin.net  (178.237.36.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-221-254-214.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.221.254.214:80)

TCP:
Connects to yk-in-f188.1e100.net  (74.125.196.188:5228)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to yk-in-f132.1e100.net  (74.125.196.132:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to yk-in-f120.1e100.net  (74.125.196.120:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to yh-in-f113.1e100.net  (74.125.137.113:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to msnbot-65-55-252-43.search.msn.com  (65.55.252.43:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to https-208-111-135-55.lga.llnw.net  (208.111.135.55:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-11-sin1.facebook.com  (31.13.79.128:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-09-sin1.facebook.com  (31.13.79.96:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-shv-05-sin1.facebook.com  (31.13.79.33:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-54-88-96-85.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.88.96.85:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to cloud.gti.mcafee.com  (161.69.199.6:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to channel-proxy-shv-04-frc3.facebook.com  (173.252.107.16:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-244-35.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.244.35:80)

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