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netgeargenie-install.exe

NETGEAR Genie

NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw.uptodown.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
NETGEAR Inc.  (signed by NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD)

Product:
NETGEAR Genie

Version:
${SVN_VERSION}

MD5:
75396138bb03af8508525cad1b2397e6

SHA-1:
300a5384f691aabc09531aae6acff2fa541f1963

SHA-256:
f44e353a6d05c90dc9b07745bc9b1cbf0fa36dfeda9e93e0b08bd844f22a3bc1

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
2/11/2026 12:00:25 PM UTC  (today)

File size:
37.5 MB (39,316,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.1.57

Copyright:
Copyright NETGEAR Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\netgeargenie-install.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/3/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/27/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD", O="NETGEAR TAIWAN CO., LTD", L=Taipei, S=taiwan, C=TW

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:
2B19E686469E43523B21001A9E916831

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 2:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:0Wi0QxKinrZtCV9nzjsZ4Y7nJ8DXnZ1j6bgNODsAO+hYXbv:0Wi0QVrZtSnzgmY7S56bgUzOaYLv

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9865

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file netgeargenie-install.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

NETGEAR Genie  by NETGEAR Inc.
Publisher's description - “NETGEAR Genie is the easy App to manage and monitor your home NETGEAR routers. It provides easy access to cool features on your router: Wireless Settings, Network Map, Live Parental Controls, Guest Access, Traffic Metering, My Media, and more.”
www.netgear.com
12% remove it
Toolwiz Time Freeze 2015  by ToolWiz
www.Toolwiz.com
About 5% of users remove it
 
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The file netgeargenie-install.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/xCUrU38LFEBccINAitwgMZRF9-n1Xile_AQV0crrCZeHT_25-pHPZRVr46cLHnBagWvGlzMzIZoJUX9DPLKKsEzPF2AyRGwwMjlFEjNiqTgYxXtnA-9cZM5HX0dSt7er/X1JDvYXDEy5Kug4ZR05nwP-YQ4u_sF5odMO9nJUPMQ4GXAx7DU8dNXGpXVyQPJkxzyJ3uhGb1vzu6zt5gHkL_bQg0XgwfEX1Q6WZHkWq4_i5tg6ASf2f92wAvQJoQLo3/s9l9wvQe6cikPXV1M7jJCAKYDXAiHz5r1AgZM7R7KvYUDBDFEdFi-paKJPfXMwe4ncnIpq3-uY1ImkoOHdUVlRBdmtEMeZ29T0XI8Dxn9A2RkORbkuUMQkL3AclboQPK/.../

http://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/jzKJxAs1NazUnyZ11RLtzok9BD_cU4TLjShupNmRQO2jiirEyNEOGu-QR24VL4EpDttBRnwDRsQcb2EthUl2Xb1T5-aQDNqX6ScyLKicMqNyFrg3dNlWESeZBAldjrDU/PMhqc7QF_AzAZo7MWP6D_KKj6jbHP_YEXOcWYuxhZgrZsur0uoqqY493tzBAKbgtgBQuF4jSDg9mawKOJehnGI9H3mxJVRByr9GvhQBNJj0bwVKWdTJFJ0O_KznDWPYL/nb1BBoiEnYoCvYbAK0Zq4-rIlL9r0ZPTHhD_3X2MrRJjuPR9KEH3A7ffiYjdqTvuQwWoPf_XIpPeJ4TrFViDh4QHG11hh62X6xFCxHuhPAFwu5ME_NX-ZgoWRDYC8pAf/.../

http://dw3.uptodown.com/dwn/tO420KZO_68GLUftpsHicQKpIgXgafRLEpAF7H1I_yQ-0oS8dpAiJo2-azHO5sy0uKPVkiaGd7EkN74U1ccFrNVNiRpyhHvEDnGJoA5-atsgDGhb5wIXqJ9Ut9JoON6Y/U4AaQqX3bLhZeXgs51aEoSoVnrhH-hjP_OBWjNAP1fG9Jyc6--LaA7OQfEJTbYji4JS8-LDN1Wi1wQM9V-AhrCYKA_yxPlN-nzBudcddcrKAVKfB9ShocHKDzi1pSsQs/.../netgear-genie-2-3-1-46-multi-win.exe

https://dw.uptodown.com/dwn/_gJqhUMtnDdg-sfefp_Fzttym-ZDTVorM0YENYyccT20eXwXqFzjUz_E0K9j7W8hgfgTVTec8DH_eVJoo5N0pdVPUCW94Wg6FdTeEyYxhkZA2HXsQTmKzVQOYlw7wygz/hAVMNS1MGWUDPdZs6T9tDpBuyBmrMGEzvo6O_GrDzfxiKF-V4E9Yd27cav9AL7XnjPhxr2L5yk_59jgUqFmNMxgll6goczvHPQtzaldsIFz45F-iLcOQ_QRX4JcnLkjl/uclyE8jqeK_PotYOwxgcknvGwNBrVPrw_EkiDtxO9g0dmueV3LxaGT3DMdjvyea-kgCYnU98FWSp_caByJuE_bG3Yyyy07nIJrRecBU9_Kwv0pwLqKGAKeIIPTIFZweh/.../

http://www.routerlogin.net/setup.cgi?id=5fe02ded

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/.../?evp=55f5c0e7ee7a79c0a1604261940bc20f&file=1

http://www.routerlogin.net/setup.cgi?id=1bc7b143

https://dl-web.dropbox.com/.../NETGEARGenie-install.exe

http://telechargement2.pcastuces.com/temp6bs2/.../NETGEARGenie-install.exe

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/.../?evp=6058390475ec30d4d688e4f4791b4a8e&file=1

http://updates1.netgear.com/netgeargenie/.../NETGEARGenie-install.exe

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