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GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module helper.dll by GenTechnologies Apps has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
88d08efc9212168572e5791da3084135

SHA-1:
5be8e53e1c72d9f5d07239bd13958a341d738f7c

SHA-256:
1e15edf3ef7cc1fc598df1b77089fc026906685167ba6c7a07f10ebc7b5fe97b

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 7:30:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
548

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

AVG
Downloader
2016.0.3026

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
1.0.20.1090

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
8.15.08.06.07

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
9.9923

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
11.2015-06-08_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
15.8.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
16.0.0.654

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.GenTechnologiesApps (M)
15.8.6.3

File size:
1.2 MB (1,308,528 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\helper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GenTechnologies Apps, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/3/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="GenTechnologies Apps, LLC", L=Grandville, S=Michigan, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
169927F400601EBFFB8BCB8CA159DB85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/10/2014 10:21:46 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ytEH3bqG3MAf/asTanO3kULhAaHdS03iBkk8Flw/WSnUUgE8rln75MV8:yY+G3l/asTanO3kUdt3w8FlMWSnUUF8X

Entry address:
0xD3C5D

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 17, DD, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, D1, 11, 10, E8, 64, 6A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 58, DF, 12, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, 70, 23, 10, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.5918

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1016.5 KB (1,040,896 bytes)

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