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:
749542a1a2bee535b61e2093b45d851b

SHA-1:
7ad3b5f23760ab229df856ab7459bc69e4a328b9

SHA-256:
a90eecdaf93036745032bd345d7fde132ee652f3cf2973934c7d75ba7bcab25b

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:
5/10/2024 8:40:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.GenieoInnovation
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GenieoInnovation (M)
16.1.22.16

File size:
274.3 KB (280,928 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/7/2014 6:59:59 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:
5/20/2012 11:39:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:AKoXP+/yLLYXcdwwvGgpiaWsrzxggNgbi:AXXPsEsXGwngpi/YxgI

Entry address:
0xC5DB

Entry point:
E8, 43, 6E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, A3, BC, 56, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 40, 40, 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:
6.1362

Code size:
176.5 KB (180,736 bytes)

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