home

Client.exe

Software Jockey

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Software Jockey has been detected as adware by 8 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, both potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Software Jockey  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5400.14771

MD5:
3ec0ba8c05a231992d44f1748d767510

SHA-1:
dbc8eadc610fc0467e9dcb95d7b8836f2b8757a9

SHA-256:
71ab5e93db96ba83c676013fd585f0b092d4ad8e2fe8e4cb8f6ed383aad360aa

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/16/2024 2:50:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EP [PUP]
2014.9-141014

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.141014

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte.F application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-425915ce
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.RocketTab
t3scan.1.7.8.0

McAfee
Adware-RocketTab
5600.6977

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareJockey.G
14.10.14.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
33706

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5400.14771

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Jockey

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Jockey, O=Software Jockey, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
3481FC293A085AD3BA94D30DC9CC2E95

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/14/2014 4:12:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:USFC4rl5Yl6JSOqSo03Oj0VkZTJyXDjIYsUE9JPsW:UOPi6JSmn7ATAzjyHwW

Entry address:
0x152382

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:
7.0977

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,377,280 bytes)

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

“RocketTab”  by Adknowledge
RocketTab is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
85% remove it
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
 
Powered by Should I Remove It?

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to edge-star-mini-shv-01-sit4.facebook.com  (31.13.78.35:443)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-30-101.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.30.101:80)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-165-124.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.165.124:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-73-109-231.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.73.109.231:443)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-105-114.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.105.114:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-23-122-91.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.23.122.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-162-204.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.162.204:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-13-ams3.fbcdn.net  (31.13.91.197:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-01-hkg3.fbcdn.net  (31.13.95.12:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to xx-fbcdn-shv-01-ams2.fbcdn.net  (31.13.64.7:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www-du1.adobe.com  (193.104.215.61:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to spdc.pbp.vip.ir2.yahoo.com  (188.125.66.33:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to qdc.turbotax.intuit.com  (206.108.40.109:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to m-prd-pxl-adcom-mtc.evip.aol.com  (64.12.106.9:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to l3.ycs.vip.dxs.yahoo.com  (68.142.250.142:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to float.1467.bm-impbus.prod.ams1.adnexus.net  (37.252.162.17:443)

Remove Client.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.