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firsttime_setup.exe

Genieo Innovation LTD

The application firsttime_setup.exe by Genieo Innovation 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.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c969df081e3be01611f6d6b01b7b120

SHA-1:
6954653e8bd4efac03f16cc0eafd38ea1e23a22f

SHA-256:
ae2687efa69e3c9ae95495c9257acc97f21198ba8d0bf133788629bb15c82fe5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Inserts ads in the web browser and modifies the home page. "Genieo Innovation’s Software may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the content or information on the Software, queries made through the Software, or from other information. You agree that we and our third party providers and partners may place advertising on our Software or in connection with the display of content or information on our Software." (EULA)

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:31:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.10.9.3

File size:
44.2 KB (45,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\updater\bin\firsttime_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Genieo Innovation LTD

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
2/8/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2012 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Genieo Innovation LTD, O=Genieo Innovation LTD, L=Herzliah, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
2E479E66C397C49FA9F82D47B7227317

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:o1cVhpQI2EQK0iPDh84nScF15GYbWjXO3XJMToEqnhXs/gLoKY9L:GQpQ5EP0ijnRTXJMT1qnhxol5

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:
6.9512

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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