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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 4 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:
70.3.27.7017

MD5:
b1be16d9ed90c1a129d0257347593490

SHA-1:
68830ea2424978743dbbb575bd6504b7df05812a

SHA-256:
db01c82f01b13aa5bb2dffc7bc2626093a46cc9db1e9d61f41f3e89938d4ffa6

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:39:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140828

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3368

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoad3.34043
9.0.1.0240

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MaxigetLimited.H
14.8.28.22

File size:
620.6 KB (635,488 bytes)

Product version:
70.3.27.7017

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 11:41:06 AM

Valid to:
8/15/2016 9:41:32 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:
8/6/2014 6:51:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IqQUmcpmnZfnRpse2/G7L2Qd42lDq4JZwnsDFH2vuAR73K6velUVXM8HlvEpT2WX:IfQmpQe2cddnlO4JZcvuARVelUa+l8JB

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:
7.8806  (probably packed)

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

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