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Groovecom

The application setup.exe by Groovecom has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent.
Publisher:
Groovecom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e5cda7102974a6b27b53a9cf3589b46

SHA-1:
85af63a07a9afec2ee067fc126fbc5abc2bf4822

SHA-256:
8cc7158833467d9b0439fb30e29b2d1519022a84effe8ed5caf0aba6640d65b2

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:26:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AegisLab AV Signature
Win.Adware.Agent
2.1.4+

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BundleInstaller
2014.10.31

avast!
NSIS:Adware-OH [Adw]
2014.9-141031

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2220
9.0.1.0304

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin
8.10649

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.10.31.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Groovecom.F
14.10.31.5

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadAdmin
34392

File size:
802.7 KB (821,968 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/25/2017 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Groovecom, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Groovecom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
0C8ED38817030CF19BE6EE39708627BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 7:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FxpJ+TTSc1DM6nKEHJvG9608LytrLlmR+KV/RBT:3pYT31Y6KSOn8LyJLlmN

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4714

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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