genupdater.exe

Genieo Innovation LTD

The application genupdater.exe by Genieo Innovation has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3278e726a5ab8ee45d84eeadad416435

SHA-1:
46ba995ee5be5bc246ffc7ec214426090ff02f81

SHA-256:
da8cf6052bf4aa83efd827086c2301dc7921cefb6a96d2da904c5a5e5bc41666

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
4/26/2024 2:00:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.GenieoInnovation
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GenieoInnovation (M)
16.1.21.3

File size:
283.3 KB (290,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/7/2014 5:59:59 PM

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:
3FC43777FA374B717C09D098544C20F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2012 10:57:15 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oQognhcNWLp0O2LcUGgiob/vVsU6vgTlvGQQO2LT:VhcNW90OaZGSb/vVevgNGQQV

Entry address:
0xC88B

Entry point:
E8, 63, 70, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, A3, BC, 66, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 40, 50, 44, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, A5, D8, FC, FF, FF, 00, 53, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 9F, F0, FF, FF, 8D, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, 28, FD, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, 2C, FD, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.1460

Code size:
183.5 KB (187,904 bytes)

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