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downloadconverternow.exe

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application downloadconverternow.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5c1371ca620bfe2b73c7bdabfbfb84cc

SHA-1:
8d0f58180a266d151dc6ceec0d26779ccdf739fe

SHA-256:
55aed6eea4024f221d41cf527fcfcaf5f123b3d13535b6f240b6c084191b06ba

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 7:17:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.3.15.10

File size:
533.5 KB (546,280 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\downloadconverternow.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/22/2017 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US, PostalCode=89451, STREET="554 Mays Blvd. #10-456", SERIALNUMBER=E0212222011-9, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Nevada, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
02B05D99F385BF79D21CB3469ED29231

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2017 9:57:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x12BB3

Entry point:
E8, 73, B4, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 8D, 42, FF, 5B, C3, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 64, 24, 00, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 53, 8B, D8, C1, E0, 08, 8B, 54, 24, 08, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 15, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 3A, CB, 74, CF, 84, C9, 74, 51, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EB, 0B, D8, 57, 8B, C3, C1, E3, 10, 56, 0B, D8, 8B, 0A, BF, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 8B, C1, 8B, F7, 33, CB, 03, F0, 03, F9, 83, F1, FF, 83, F0, FF, 33, CF, 33, C6, 83, C2, 04, 81, E1, 00, 01, 01, 81, 75, 1C, 25, 00, 01, 01, 81...
 
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Entropy:
6.2761

Code size:
166 KB (169,984 bytes)

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