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:
010a71d79f60525b7c3f11404f657813

SHA-1:
fbf2161583d9338bf71d997e8e5e3699468c82c3

SHA-256:
bf282afcd0d2daaaf07333f818d057f68f1bf1397f31d692b33da1f0de737120

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 6:18:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.GenieoInnovation
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GenieoInnovation (M)
16.2.4.12

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:
5/21/2012 6:57:12 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yKoXP+/yLLYXcdwwvGgpiaWsrzx6QNgbw:yXXPsEsXGwngpi/Yx6y

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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