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Installer

Mime Ventures LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application installer.exe by Mime Ventures has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Softpulse SoftwareBundler installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Mime Ventures LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
6dfe18193cffaf22609600ff5d5960a3

SHA-1:
57418b43a0401e25e5eece602d7895bde05098cd

SHA-256:
88bf07af7b39e53cfccf9ff680ca97dc77c8bab6b733ca2aea7465f4c3fede3c

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software cotains keystroke monitoring/logging capablities which may or may not be installed without the user's knowledge.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:36:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.03.29

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.plsaza
7.11.206.252

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.15331

Comodo Security
Application.MSIL.iBryte.JA
20959

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.493
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte.R application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.177517
11.2015-31-03_3

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Spy.MSIL.Keylogger
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.TheAnswerFinder.A
v2015.03.31.11

Norman
IBryte.AJQ
11.20150331

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Softpulse
15.4.1.0

File size:
923.7 KB (945,880 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
TheAnswerFinderInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mime Ventures LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/17/2014 10:39:32 AM

Valid to:
10/18/2015 10:39:32 AM

Subject:
E=admin@theanswerfinder.com, CN=Mime Ventures LLC, OU=TheAnswerFinder.com, O=Mime Ventures LLC, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

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

Serial number:
1121EDDEAF81A380FF278B94B619A213DEEE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2015 8:31:29 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+jqsvClU8rssmcinKk7Y+lotwaMq2oUeZVKjQlWUZSoGNaYSFSdM2GiIrcZvfA9N:+jDvqU8rsY297oPMqvNWU9YSQeMWZAe

Entry address:
0xE447A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9478

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
905.5 KB (927,232 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

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