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SimilarWeb Ltd.

The application similar.exe by SimilarWeb has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
SimilarSites  (signed by SimilarWeb Ltd.)

Product:
SimilarSites

Version:
0.0.0.1

MD5:
d866b62a49edbe6599de8709c6563d87

SHA-1:
736d2ef7bd31bacbbb45d4689c74d30e939f6412

SHA-256:
c5767d5e1b14458ff5cdd2a960cdc0fc836ac6442aafe1fc43123d593d128a32

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
5/3/2024 11:32:56 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SimilarGroup.SimilarWeb.Installer (M)
16.2.28.17

File size:
797.3 KB (816,472 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SimilarWeb Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/20/2013 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SimilarWeb Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SimilarWeb Ltd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
437307139AB8798C2CF18A6B3A5CA054

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 7:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nO+HdIW018Rd1qacatrwZQuKnrYGX71ASD1KatHz5brhmPps43gCZLT6N3q8v:nREmR9htRTXpAk1rTVrhmh1LC3q8v

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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