smartmenu_installer.exe

Tripro Ltd

The application smartmenu_installer.exe by Tripro has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
Tripro Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3250093560c368aa1abfe580de29f50

SHA-1:
e53393106c77c3cdb491e71336127cf55d9ec3c5

SHA-256:
fdefdce02632682b7074256d56f2c8dbe71c5b08e067d1ff4b164f7e457860b0

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:19:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AskToolbar
4.0.3.15624

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.G potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11822

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Ask
6/24/2015

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.APNToolBar.A
v2015.06.24.12

McAfee
Artemis!D3250093560C
5600.6725

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tripro.Installer (M)
15.6.24.0

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0610
7.2.175

File size:
1.2 MB (1,236,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/29/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/30/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tripro Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Tripro Ltd, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

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:
1189C239E85299F4464322E094264D91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Qn9OpOSspUv2E2sN4bHVX800nP2VACJ7yBK585OSAAepeZ2yaWJvIAGfbNy:OB8v2E2S4TVHiGl851AAMyaWJvXB

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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Entropy:
6.9716

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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