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Maxiget Updater

Maxiget Limited

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application maxiget.exe, “Maxiget Updater Setup” by Maxiget Limited has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the New IT Desktop Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Maxiget Ltd.  (signed by Maxiget Limited)

Product:
Maxiget Updater

Description:
Maxiget Updater Setup

Version:
70.3.29.7018

MD5:
40a6e624ccc88e059f6c7c5fd264a723

SHA-1:
512107fd04a1b4434ad0019a76884abfbf7f001d

SHA-256:
84cebcf192b89499d14b6109a7cf5a8cdd54662d79ae6dacab15be891061817d

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer version of the software and bundles additional offers including adware.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:30:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140918

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3348

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.4Shared
4.0.3.14918

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoad3.34043
9.0.1.0261

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of maxigetinstl (Adware)
2014.11.22.22

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MaxigetLimited.H
14.9.18.0

Sophos
4Share Downloader
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
621.1 KB (636,000 bytes)

Product version:
70.3.29.7018

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Maxiget Ltd.

Original file name:
MaxigetUpdaterSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maxiget Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2014 5:41:06 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 3:41:32 AM

Subject:
CN=Maxiget Limited, O=Maxiget Limited, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, C=CY

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:
043F9C868704FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2014 4:42:03 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yqssYgBad7KkE8XiujNYptpyDLzeIjITVB/KM6eVpWsOZU32SPqtKvo+05:yS3Q8t+mXpyjeDdKMZVpAUmkvoX

Entry address:
0x4996

Entry point:
E8, F1, 15, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 75, 2A, 83, 78, 10, 03, 75, 24, 8B, 40, 14, 3D, 20, 05, 93, 19, 74, 15, 3D, 21, 05, 93, 19, 74, 0E, 3D, 22, 05, 93, 19, 74, 07, 3D, 00, 40, 99, 01, 75, 05, E8, 46, 16, 00, 00, 33, C0, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 68, A0, 49, 40, 00, FF, 15, 08, D0, 40, 00, 33, C0, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 57, BF, E8, 03, 00, 00, 57, FF, 15, 10, D0, 40, 00, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, 0C, D0, 40, 00, 81, C7, E8, 03, 00, 00, 81, FF, 60, EA, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8797  (probably packed)

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

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