» PreferencesManager.exe
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PreferencesManager.exe

Widgi Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application PreferencesManager.exe, “Preferences Manager” by Spigot 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 Spigot Setup installer. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SearchSettings’.

File name:

Publisher:

Spigot, Inc. (signed and verified)

Product:

Widgi Toolbar

Description:

Preferences Manager

Version:

24, 0, 0, 5

MD5:

fab2122e41a93b793c4ecca687de556b

SHA-1:

2bacc94e36998bce5669996f5f8d0d2cdab4a723

SHA-256:

8cfa06b94d33daabe56074f25274063ccb16c9007e77e99a4ce89c7f3de6c4d6

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.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 9:00:39 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Spigot.Installer (M)

16.1.18.22

File size:

1.3 MB (1,356,640 bytes)

Product version:

24, 0, 0, 5

Original file name:

PreferencesManager.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Spigot Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\preferences manager\preferencesmanager.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Spigot, Inc.

Authority:

DigiCert Inc

Valid from:

1/16/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

11/29/2017 1:00:00 PM

Subject:

CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US, PostalCode=89451, STREET="554 Mays Blvd. #10-456", SERIALNUMBER=E0212222011-9, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Nevada, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:

CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:

03E5C440CF437E7CED5660E25E2C0DE7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/7/2016 6:43:24 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Mo0G0op5TJYYJcEwzNkfS8rvyVAk2zxs9WoHCTs2+qX7R0+d:MdG0WHYYJcXpUxs9KTsLqX7R0+d

Entry address:

0x9282D

Entry point:

E8, D7, 92, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 58, 4A, 4D, 00, E8, 39, F5, FF, FF, 33, F6, 89, 75, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 5D, 08, 3B, DE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 75, 1C, E8, EE, 54, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, E8, 40, EC, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 7B, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, D6, 33, C0, 66, 39, 37, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, CA, E8, 77, 97, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B, C6, 75, 0D, E8, AC, 54, 00, 00, C7, 00, 18, 00, 00, 00, EB, C9, 89, 75, FC, 66, 39, 33, 75, 20... 
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Code size:

743.5 KB (761,344 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)

Registry location:

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:

SearchSettings

Command:

"C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\preferences manager\preferencesmanager.exe"

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to 14.d7.24ae.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com (174.36.215.20:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to multimedia-redir.interia.pl (217.74.65.145:80)

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