gentray.exe

Genieo Innovation LTD

The application gentray.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. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘GenieoSystemTray’.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dba443c3aa8c6507363e966d136cad25

SHA-1:
aa04f25cea78d4f4fe254070a3aa9973fd99bff1

SHA-256:
9af23fbed0e21cd290a6c6cfe98c9bb0ce477196195a62a93175067ab2b31802

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 7:43:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.7.13

File size:
603.3 KB (617,767 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/10/2014 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 4:59:59 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B98BC775598D0C401E0D6CC4349529A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/20/2014 2:45:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x1052A

Entry point:
E9, 20, FF, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, 53, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 3B, F3, 74, 13, 39, 5D, 10, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 76, 05, 33, C0, 66, 89, 06, 57, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FB, 75, 1D, E8, E3, F7, FF, FF, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, 75, C6, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, E9, 3C, 01, 00, 00, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, E7, BE, FF, FF, 8B, 45, EC, 3B, F3, 0F, 84, ED, 00, 00, 00, 39, 58, 14, 75, 48, 39, 5D, 10, 76, 1C, 8B, 4D, FC, 8D, 04, 39, 66, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.7863

Packer / compiler:
Xtreme-Protector v1.05

Code size:
367.5 KB (376,320 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
GenieoSystemTray

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\genieo\application\trayui\bin\gentray.exe"


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