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ixquick.exe

The application ixquick.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source.
MD5:
023b5f80a3d6fb6eb2f73fecd716b3f7

SHA-1:
45b54172e18ae01fc6ea06c608d2abc215c4bde2

SHA-256:
d6963188650b4e09da0a75196c36e0427b6537b33dbdbdeadfb717b2f336aa18

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:23:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
ApplicUnsaf.Win32.Adware.Mostofate.E
17599

Dr.Web
Adware.Softomate.100
9.0.1.084

F-Prot
W32/Softomate.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Softomate.dbznh
0.28.0.57029

Norman
Adware.B!genr
11.20140325

Sophos
SearchIt
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.14B612
7.2.84

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.14B612
10.465.25

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
511 KB (523,314 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\ixquick.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 11:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6Et9KjzqsK5abV9779WWZ3/h5hDvN/sKTEW4MBepD9AvgSbzICECYaJ9Caxaz41W:6Et90K5abI4h5hN/lt4MMps/ICECYaJ0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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