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settingsmanager.exe

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 settingsmanager.exe 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 start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Settings Manager’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Description:
Settings Manager

Version:
20, 9, 0, 4

MD5:
4d5d0f74ed47fb437f7c8100380cae77

SHA-1:
9eb1f726a3cada05e78c275d0a9fca2044ad1860

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:
5/5/2024 7:12:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.1.15.9

File size:
900 KB (921,584 bytes)

Product version:
20, 9, 0, 4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Spigot Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/10/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/12/2018 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Vilalge, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0FE530445BDBABB00E24B3A1FD389919

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/28/2015 11:26:53 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x7AF45

Entry point:
E8, 65, 89, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 33, C0, 39, 45, 0C, 76, 11, 8B, 4D, 08, 66, 83, 39, 00, 74, 08, 40, 41, 41, 3B, 45, 0C, 72, F2, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 8B, C8, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 4D, 08, 0F, 84, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, E7, ED, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 8B, 51, 14, 33, DB, 3B, D3, 75, 14, 8B, 45, 08, 8D, 48, BF, 66, 83, F9, 19, 77, 03, 83, C0, 20, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 61, 56, B8, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 66, 39, 75, 08, 5E, 73, 29, 8D, 45, EC...
 
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Code size:
612 KB (626,688 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Settings Manager

Command:
"C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\settings manager\settingsmanager.exe" \autostart


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