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ContentExplorer.exe

Lake Ventures LLC

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application ContentExplorer.exe by Lake Ventures has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘ContentExplorer’. This file is typically installed with the program ContentExplorer by Lake Ventures LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

ContentExplorer.exe

Publisher:

ContentExplorer (signed by Lake Ventures LLC)

Product:

ContentExplorer

Version:

8.0

MD5:

0e8c3dadbe9c3bfb945a94eb39a53c28

SHA-1:

adcd09b820eda98c30da9dfe045f4e8a1491076b

SHA-256:

f79391ce275bc122c50f0eda47f70075767b957aebc45b945b0f9747517a5047

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:

4/18/2024 6:55:08 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

TR/Dropper.MSIL.Gen

7.11.141.68

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.MSIL.iBryte

4.0.3.141024

Dr.Web

Adware.iBryte.491

9.0.1.0297

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)

8.10547

McAfee

Artemis!3C5098BEA3C0

5600.6967

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Startup.LakeVentures.P

14.10.24.21

Sophos

Generic PUA CJ

4.98

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819

7.2.297

File size:

2.3 MB (2,429,680 bytes)

Product version:

8.0

Original file name:

ContentExplorer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\contentexplorer\contentexplorer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Lake Ventures LLC

Authority:

GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:

12/17/2013 8:22:44 PM

Valid to:

12/17/2014 8:22:44 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:

10/23/2014 8:00:27 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:jxizbV6z7mOuxMwuvEjX6iSOYuZ6sQyWLmE5R1ukwS/:qV4Hk5c3ruof9d

Entry address:

0x250082

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:

7.7827

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

2.3 MB (2,417,152 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)

Registry location:

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:

ContentExplorer

Command:

"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\contentexplorer\contentexplorer.exe"

The file ContentExplorer.exe has been discovered within the following program.

ContentExplorer by Lake Ventures LLC

From the Terms and Conditions: "Content Explorer is ad-supported. During general internet usage on sites where Content Explorer operates, users may see additional banner, search, pop-up, pop-under, and in-text link advertisements.

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