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LI Impact

The application setup.exe by LI Impact has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from a.compqueue.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
LI Impact  (signed and verified)

Version:
4.0.1158.0

MD5:
b7b3a80bbb62bb7b8f2827c0d8727574

SHA-1:
c767510285b8c8614aeeccdf884ea8e799d9a60e

SHA-256:
0e39ef8471253af74f4021f190dd3499cb3fd2229638334759a2f091503f7deb

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 2:39:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Adware-AQY [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AKJ
2014.0.4235

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1052
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.HotBar.Q application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.186.14295

Malwarebytes
Adware.Hotbar
v2014.12.10.11

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!cgx
5600.6920

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cymzyu
0.28.6.63850

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.LIImpact.F
14.12.10.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.14A71B61!346495841
23.00.65.141208

Sophos
PUA 'Hotbar' (of type Adware)
5.08

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4740961
35418

File size:
234.6 KB (240,224 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.1158.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LI Impact

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2012 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=LI Impact, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=LI Impact, L=Carson City, S=Nevada, 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:
53C7498E7043740F15EBDA90D6E56F72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:50:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:iNvTLefu481LnqmB7otQxDya+njZdx9kNeApJ:g/efuJomxSkNeAz

Entry address:
0x30DE

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 27, 7A, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, A4, 26, 7A, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 68, DC, 79, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 1E, 7A, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7244

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://a.compqueue.com/NCIC/20130322205153494E434647493031_fef5b2c4-325c-4512-84e4-987b56e3c02e/.../Setup.exe

http://a.cloudfiftyfive.com/NCIC/20121217230153494E434647493032_f9dbea52-64d8-4ab4-b218-640e81ad0593/.../Setup.exe

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