home

similarsites.exe

SimilarWeb Ltd.

The application similarsites.exe by SimilarWeb has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from utils.similargroup.com.
Publisher:
SimilarSites  (signed by SimilarWeb Ltd.)

Product:
SimilarSites

Version:
0.0.0.1

MD5:
137c80ce90a2ecbbb4385afab50f5e26

SHA-1:
2268f9c4b437928bd4bd9d46a3440b2718a30901

SHA-256:
453fe68ee76b98ca84212a46a133a179367df26ef64a620f8dd3c227a9e70d25

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:37:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1509
9.0.1.0357

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SimilarWeb.M
14.3.3.12

File size:
212.1 KB (217,184 bytes)

Product version:
0.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\similarsites.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SimilarWeb Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/20/2013 11:59:59 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 10:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:9Lk395hYXJ545A8cznKZuolkqnQ60jT4yIfauQRtssMYu1Ark8Xih6VC683JoAEl:9QqPjjKZDlLQ6ZyKVJ31ArkyO6C6CTs

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...
 
[+]

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file similarsites.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://utils.similargroup.com/.../similarsites.exe

Remove similarsites.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.