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Highlightly

This is part of the InfoAtoms browser extension which will display variopus forms of advertising in the web browser by injecting new ads such as banner, text-links and search results. The application highlightly.exe, “Highlightly Setup” by Highlightly has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3emsmln8xfj03.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Highlightly  (signed and verified)

Product:
Highlightly

Description:
Highlightly Setup

Version:
1.9.0.0

MD5:
1049f0dace8c7219f87b109e3c81fcf6

SHA-1:
c0385a50ee3a742f6bad6644195c217e6b52ebea

SHA-256:
daf53db6f6b19b825f428e38e4abd4f65e324bf9e552b38e2dc3ccce20c206c3

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:19:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.NXU
1058

Bitdefender
Adware.Agent.NXU
1.0.20.365

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.101
9.0.1.0361

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.NXU
8.14.03.14.12

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.NXU
11.2014-14-03_6

G Data
Adware.Agent.NXU
14.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.NXU
15.0.0.219

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NYA
14.03.13.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Highlightly.L
14.3.14.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,175,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.9.0.0

Copyright:
(c) 2013 Highlightly

Original file name:
highlightly-setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\software\highlightly.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Highlightly

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/3/2013 3:25:40 PM

Valid to:
6/4/2014 3:25:40 PM

Subject:
E=support@gethighlightly.com, CN=Highlightly, OU=Highlightly, O=Highlightly, L=La Jolla, S=CA, C=US

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

Serial number:
1121971480A12BD051AA09DCE9072375C4F7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YVwO9tuXrIHKAH2Ch3HppGMVnDrCqalPntKj5tyD:gZtuXrIJHhhlDmqalPnmC

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8666

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file highlightly.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://d3emsmln8xfj03.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../highlightly-setup-1.9.0.0.exe

http://d1t653m828c3x8.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../highlightly-setup-1.9.0.0.exe

http://cdn.airdlr9.com/downloads/offers/.../highlightly-setup-1.9.0.0.exe

http://d2ovenarvh9jbe.cloudfront.net/.../highlightly-setup-1.9.0.0.exe

http://gethighlightly.com/.../offline-installer

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