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installer_ares_spanish.exe

Zoobam

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application installer_ares_spanish.exe by Zoobam has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ares.com.es. While running, it connects to the Internet address rack10u28.hispaweb.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Zoobam  (signed and verified)

MD5:
37ad7ae8bcdda8a5d6efa344f9ff6735

SHA-1:
07b4dd31230dffc3493b29c845054df47d460bc7

SHA-256:
870cb7e5718366a9f9e34f433445034aea4cd4097b0a04d8f1fdef88fcc81a58

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/27/2024 6:04:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DownloadAdmin
2015.06.03

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAdmin.Gen
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Adware-CIX [PUP]
150602-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3090

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin
0.98/20542

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.36
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-b0de5e09
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16117

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.XPACK.dprfbr
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Bundler
15.6.3.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
40786

File size:
658 KB (673,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_ares_spanish.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zoobam

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/15/2014 9:27:59 PM

Valid to:
10/15/2017 9:27:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Zoobam, O=Zoobam, L=Kirkland, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EA9D31E75E043

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 1:35:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:l4BS2ly9NKPRdegPsgQr/745jezvROTVo80d1WU1ntTxJ10gJ1Tvz5V:lhhKeiHQr/s1uRCBQWMxDp5V

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file installer_ares_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.ares.com.es/download

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to tlb.hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to st-sh-us-dc1-002.s.dss.vg  (208.91.197.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-240-190-28.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.240.190.28:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-55-199.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.55.199:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-94.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.94:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-248.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.248:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-54-182.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.54.182:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to s3-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.18.64:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to rack10u28.hispaweb.net  (93.189.33.84:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ns237133.ovh.net  (37.59.34.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-23-129.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.23.129:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-251-58.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.251.58:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-13-171-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.13.171.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-0-160-58.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.0.160.58:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-0-160-11.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.0.160.11:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net  (72.167.239.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 50.22.63.140-static.reverse.softlayer.com  (50.22.63.140:80)

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