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double-click_to_install_my_charter_toolbar.exe

Charter Toolbar

Synacor, Inc.

The application double-click_to_install_my_charter_toolbar.exe, “Charter Toolbar installer” by Synacor has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from content.charter.synacor.com.
Publisher:
Charter Communications LLC  (signed by Synacor, Inc.)

Product:
Charter Toolbar

Description:
Charter Toolbar installer

Version:
10

MD5:
15c6c1e8daed326569066f1fdb8be35d

SHA-1:
6fd095b5130710e9c9af9ddcba66de2464dfc345

SHA-256:
4b47e7ee027bbb1f676010b31185f31c166ffd62d200c520c75f1271adcbb5ed

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:51:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Visicom.Toolbar (M)
16.9.8.20

File size:
824.8 KB (844,616 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.0.0

Copyright:
© Charter Communications LLC

Trademarks:
Charter Communications LLC, All Rights Reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\double-click_to_install_my_charter_toolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Synacor, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/19/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/12/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Synacor, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Synacor, Inc.", L=Buffalo, S=New York, 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:
35A5755CC7B96E3EDC2EBFE693211498

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:y7Y6ntY+6eQo6Ow5Gwh9MAu6nSoFErkwAodsbXfkENN0HObmW5YTNXgdDlCNnF:yBtY+QoFw53hdSqErR5i7fkmF5C4DlMF

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9728

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file double-click_to_install_my_charter_toolbar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://content.charter.synacor.com/toolbar2/client/.../Double-Click_to_install_my_Charter_toolbar.exe

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