java_installer.exe

Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.

The application java_installer.exe by Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co. has been detected as adware 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.tracksite.us.
Publisher:

MD5:
967a2d37af95925b95a0e35b706c5a39

SHA-1:
e8efc6275424115f27f2d06df75a4c73e1ae3736

SHA-256:
8bf20e7904726c85850b07fae6b302d19abc020a9e5c73243b133ffac1bb6d18

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:05:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GuangzhouShibeiInformationTechnologyCo.Bundler (M)
16.2.12.9

File size:
941.3 KB (963,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Guangzhou Shibei Information Technology Co., Ltd.", L=Guangzhou, S=Guangdong, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
730FCD851F607FC42ED72447D10ED84A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 6:58:17 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gFVLbl8ixgR8Ysh/e6sJeGN33R4m806vAVSB8a:oVhsv33G0Pi8a

Entry address:
0x851DF

Entry point:
E8, B2, CB, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 83, 65, FC, 00, 53, 8B, 5D, 10, 85, DB, 75, 07, 33, C0, E9, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 57, 83, FB, 04, 72, 75, 8D, 7B, FC, 85, FF, 76, 6E, 8B, 4D, 0C, 8B, 45, 08, 8A, 10, 83, C0, 04, 83, C1, 04, 84, D2, 74, 52, 3A, 51, FC, 75, 4D, 8A, 50, FD, 84, D2, 74, 3C, 3A, 51, FD, 75, 37, 8A, 50, FE, 84, D2, 74, 26, 3A, 51, FE, 75, 21, 8A, 50, FF, 84, D2, 74, 10, 3A, 51, FF, 75, 0B, 83, 45, FC, 04, 39, 7D, FC, 72, C2, EB, 3F, 0F, B6, 40, FF, 0F, B6, 49, FF, EB, 46...
 
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Entropy:
6.7012

Code size:
642.5 KB (657,920 bytes)

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

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