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clocksaver.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application clocksaver.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.condinstalls.biz.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
474d10896296689247aff73137b26d59

SHA-1:
53e1226003b95c50fc9b438b1811e992ee968139

SHA-256:
c61a53a74975fef27d98a783adbc47936c2f631937fb46b0361d7e5ab0f71cd8

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 6:56:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen9
7.11.165.150

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0241

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.10215

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
8/29/2014

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-29-08_6

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12966

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.crgjbr
0.28.2.61349

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.K
14.8.29.18

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
10391

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0526
7.2.241

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
31996

File size:
740.2 KB (758,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\clocksaver.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/30/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 8:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1xpJTRe2ox2XK8arRJjOvsWRBsu1ZZKPrqLELFQvCU/DH:HpNR9ox2NErSNCPrXQaUbH

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file clocksaver.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.condinstalls.biz/.../clocksaver.exe

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