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nectartoolbar.exe

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

The application nectartoolbar.exe by Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK 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 Nullsoft Scriptable Install System installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.toolbar.nectar.com.
Publisher:
Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fbf337213d434560d742880cea084381

SHA-1:
bccb71a74fe3fb004a403b77afaed8c42dcd9871

SHA-256:
2b91ff0b111432e7241fe6c8f1b896ac2ecc34eea30128c8cf080182f49b1c1f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 10:10:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AimiaCoalitionLoyaltyUK.N
14.12.16.10

File size:
3 MB (3,121,168 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/4/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, L=London, S=United Kingdom, C=GB

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:
3FA8ED3BA9AA2D91F087CB0A3B328A4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:AoWEHVvCwJsLL4PGhZhtg0sdN/bKHj8aHppzo5VUln2RyrsxJ3+mk:AnksLL4Qtg0MN/bKdo5Fyrc5k

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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Entropy:
7.9770  (probably packed)

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

https://download.toolbar.nectar.com/releases/.../nectartoolbar.exe

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