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installgenieo.exe

Personalization Partner

Genieo Innovation LTD

The application installgenieo.exe by Genieo Innovation has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.genieo.com.
Publisher:
Genieo Innovation LTD  (signed and verified)

Product:
Personalization Partner

Version:
1.0.456

MD5:
85750d8f6ca2ba31a3dc964b334d161e

SHA-1:
26acdcd0f6a023c3e6f1f733b52c2efa8f2798f5

SHA-256:
f1b2835d6a7a664a8be7c73dccc79b9e5d66184db8d058ed59bb0b66d024ffdf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Inserts ads in the web browser and modifies the home page. "Genieo Innovation’s Software may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the content or information on the Software, queries made through the Software, or from other information. You agree that we and our third party providers and partners may place advertising on our Software or in connection with the display of content or information on our Software." (EULA)

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:18:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.12.5.13

File size:
814.6 KB (834,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.456

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Genieo Innovation LTD

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/7/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Genieo Innovation LTD, O=Genieo Innovation LTD, L=Herzliah, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3FC43777FA374B717C09D098544C20F1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:boKu3uPxydXUt3H0Y6pYVBuH/+8pBxJeF:HIpUxUqVBk++BxJ6

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, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9869

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://download.genieo.com/partner/genieo/release/.../InstallGenieo.exe

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