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double_click_to_install_your_hughes_toolbar.exe

Hughes Toolbar

Synacor, Inc.

The application double_click_to_install_your_hughes_toolbar.exe, “Hughes Toolbar installer” by Synacor has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from content.emerald.synacor.com.
Publisher:
Hughes Network Systems, LLC  (signed by Synacor, Inc.)

Product:
Hughes Toolbar

Description:
Hughes Toolbar installer

Version:
10

MD5:
735e41a90ab5a7bbe5c296bc57e6e979

SHA-1:
60a3e5bdb1a32745e6f82a6f06a3ed2c8a9ebf9a

SHA-256:
14aaf4cebd56ea985d83de661b3c81eecbfdb3d975c126e5e6ee532dfb02aede

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The setup program may install a variant of the Visicom Toolbar, a web browser extension that may modify the browser's home and search pages.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:54:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
HackTool.Win32.Visicom
4.0.3.1484

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Visicom (variant)
8.10198

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Visicom.Toolbar (M)
16.9.8.20

File size:
1.7 MB (1,827,344 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.0.0

Copyright:
© Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Trademarks:
Hughes Network Systems, 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_your_hughes_toolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Synacor, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/12/2013 6:59:59 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:
1DB5040E687E33BCDF64D5F215D429E3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2p8zWi6+icgwln3it8nSg3K1sWDgBMDvVtM:1WF+iuVnGgBqVtM

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:
7.9938

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://content.emerald.synacor.com/toolbar2/client/.../Double_Click_to_install_your_Hughes_Toolbar.exe

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