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ghostery_update.exe

Ghostery

Ghostery, Inc.

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files2.majorgeeks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Ghostery Inc  (signed by Ghostery, Inc.)

Product:
Ghostery

Description:
Ghostery Plugin Installer for Internet Explorer

Version:
5.4.7

MD5:
36569cc0871dedb6a39565d427295ec1

SHA-1:
6abf2a2e72b6a4a72fe4b71657ed04ab5afa0411

SHA-256:
87d962bcd2b3c1ad070840bc69f5a97aa2e9e6a95d8648f4d0fcf69df1126666

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 12:30:56 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
2.9 MB (3,048,360 bytes)

Copyright:
© Ghostery Inc

Trademarks:
Ghostery is a trademark of Ghostery Inc

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\locallow\ghostery\newplugin\ghostery_update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ghostery, Inc.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/17/2014 12:56:51 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2017 12:56:51 PM

Subject:
E=support@ghostery.com, CN="Ghostery, Inc.", OU=Technology, O="Ghostery, Inc.", L=New York, S=NY, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121075ACA92BD90B068E76AC01DB3C54FEC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 12:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:NHfSS1C5sCyHT6SIPz760raBWxtqS4PxJ9S7rI3O8Qfn5ytSgAKAX6jCj8scLBp0:VfSIOkT6BPzuwaBm4PlO8Q/sggEjTqp0

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9957

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file ghostery_update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://files2.majorgeeks.com/2151b4c76b4dcb048d06a5c32942b6f6/.../ghostery-ie.exe

http://cdn.ghostery.com/plugins/.../ghostery-ie.exe

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