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Goobzo LTD

The application smu.exe, “Search Module Update Service” by Goobzo has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Search Module Update”.
Publisher:
Search Module Ltd.  (signed by Goobzo LTD)

Product:
W

Description:
Search Module Update Service

Version:
2, 1, 0, 96

MD5:
8602d13a7e7a6fdf6d276435380f58f6

SHA-1:
7b2526118caeef24449a4907d1b765319a5d5793

SHA-256:
638c93e7714436c6caf4cf23618d5cdf220aaab69a5c239db0470e81491da613

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 5:23:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win64:Adware-J [Adw]
140813-1

AVG
Skodna
2015.0.3374

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.MSIL.SBWatchman
4.0.3.14822

ESET NOD32
MSIL/SBWatchman.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SBWatchman
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13257

McAfee
Artemis!9609A5C841B3
5600.7000

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Goobzo
14.08.22.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Goobzo.D
14.8.22.16

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0828
7.2.264

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4792716
32210

File size:
2.6 MB (2,708,328 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 96

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Original file name:
smu.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\goobzo\gbupdate\smu.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Goobzo LTD

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/1/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/2/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Goobzo LTD, O=Goobzo LTD, L=Haifa, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
120B25DDE57B88636AD4D97D23B99C88

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/20/2014 11:12:23 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:MDIIcxFjvkeOZ2ui9AnggwhCf0LuuEzqWEuGDMscaQrTcBxO0Ps:XjOutWSOj

Entry address:
0x15D6EC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 3F, 04, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 86, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 44, 89, 44, 24, 18, 48, 89, 4C, 24, 08, 56, 57, 41, 54, 48, 83, EC, 40, 49, 8B, F1, 41, 8B, F8, 4C, 8B, E2, 48, 8B, D9, 83, EF, 01, 89, 7C, 24, 70, 78, 0F, 49, 2B, DC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 60, 48, 8B, CB, FF, D6, EB, E8, EB, 00, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 68, 48, 83, C4, 40, 41, 5C, 5F, 5E, C3, CC, 48, 8B, C4, 4C, 89, 48, 20, 44, 89, 40, 18, 48, 89, 50, 10, 53, 56, 57, 41, 54, 48, 83, EC, 38, 4D, 8B, E1, 49, 63, F8, 48, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.1370

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,820,672 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Search Module Update

Service name:
SMUpd

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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