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Joltlogic

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application client.exe by Joltlogic has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This executable runs as a local area network (LAN) Internet proxy server listening on port 49530 and has the ability to intercept and modify all inbound and outbound Internet traffic on the local host.
Publisher:
Joltlogic  (signed and verified)

MD5:
622daf604b3d14f705fe0081f92772f2

SHA-1:
8909f4fc8c3daa4689928538bd48ac19a686c260

SHA-256:
b7720163d47daabad758b605d9d3edb4676432fbc7e1fff9e8ebd590b39bb82b

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 9:17:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen4
7.11.213.118

avast!
Win32:IBryte-JX [PUP]
2014.9-150306

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.CD (variant)
9.11268

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Downloader
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2388

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.03.06.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.3.6.10

Sophos
Mal/Wintrim-A
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
38118

File size:
1.8 MB (1,843,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\browser extensions\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Joltlogic

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/15/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Joltlogic, O=Joltlogic, 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:
5EE011413A702F6705B25B34B674F3AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2015 1:56:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gxvXGKydnN14wFQOVjV08c1+sXoyJDFW0EfVA3bhUCKuSuaq8wIq604XpQt:gxvX/CP4tXlJVhUp6n+

Entry address:
0xD737

Entry point:
E8, B3, 33, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 84, 29, 4A, 00, FF, 15, 60, 10, 42, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, 65, 34, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 5C, 10, 42, 00, 50, E8, 15, 34, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 8B, C1, 83, 60, 04, 00, C7, 00, B8, C2, 49, 00, C6, 40, 08, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, C1, 8B, 4D, 08, C7, 00, B8, C2, 49, 00, 8B, 09, 89, 48, 04, C6, 40, 08, 00, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, C0, C2, 49, 00, C3, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.0732

Code size:
126 KB (129,024 bytes)

Local Proxy Server
Proxy for:
Internet Settings

Local host address:
http://127.0.0.1:49530/

Local host port:
49530

Default credentials:
No


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-235-170-110.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.235.170.110:80)

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-20-120-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.20.120.15:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-48-109.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.48.109:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-145-182.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.145.182:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-21-115-185.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.115.185:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to any-in-2014.1e100.net  (216.239.32.20:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-61-187-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.61.187.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-219-93-210.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.219.93.210:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-7-88.ord54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.7.88:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (52.216.225.152:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-75-224.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.75.224:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-210-8-37.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.210.8.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-104-156.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.104.156:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-17-224-168.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.17.224.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-77-170.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.77.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-21-228-208.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.21.228.208:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-78-244-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.78.244.27:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-78-244-136.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.78.244.136:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-62-239-40.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.62.239.40:80)

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