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AB-Tools.com

The application searchtoolbar.exe by AB-Tools.com has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ebay-toolbar.soft32.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AB-Tools.com   (signed by AB-Tools.com)

Product:
Setup

Version:
1.2.3

MD5:
566c43f34c579a6d89a2fe6cc04bab6a

SHA-1:
c59f30db44fb4efcbd455938e1bcb73a5be7b30c

SHA-256:
939ce23d0e5fe57841724ba750ffab9329752ec945af468e437606c80dae4173

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/4/2024 3:44:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Searcher.1222
9.0.1.0224

ESET NOD32
Win32/Complitly (variant)
8.9841

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Downloader
16.2.18.22

File size:
1.8 MB (1,883,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010-2012 by Andreas Breitschopp

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\searchtoolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB-Tools.com

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
8/25/2009 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/25/2012 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AB-Tools.com, O=AB-Tools.com, STREET=Leopoldstrasse 101, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=80802, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
432642D81F742569A0828E8CA82DE024

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Ba+ntHVi40sKW3nUZhIFPRBHmL0YDyfZ7a4FExGK5:I+bi40sKWXzP3HxJ0B

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file searchtoolbar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://ebay-toolbar.soft32.com/get/file/id/.../?no_download_manager=true

http://www.ab-tools.com/download/.../SearchToolbar.exe

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