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sponsorkeyword.exe

Internet Marketing Lab

The application sponsorkeyword.exe by Internet Marketing Lab has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘sponsorkeyword’.
Publisher:
Internet Marketing Lab  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
0bcaa9a64921e000a6cfd1a2fc3bcd82

SHA-1:
04487a3ca2dc6c3b87eb9d11e8bc2a2c85fa1f60

SHA-256:
fd5ff30f8ce2698f290802ad15fc7f6c497a15bccbc61e54e980dbca5c992687

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/19/2024 8:22:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.2.21.13

File size:
210.4 KB (215,424 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\sponsorkeyword\sponsorkeyword.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Internet Marketing Lab

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/24/2013 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Internet Marketing Lab, O=Internet Marketing Lab, L=Seocho-gu, S=SEOUL, C=KR

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

Serial number:
51E23D20329B49B76271E7F32572F5A1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/23/2012 11:08:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1BCEE

Entry point:
E8, 8A, 62, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 88, 8F, 43, 00, 89, 0D, 84, 8F, 43, 00, 89, 15, 80, 8F, 43, 00, 89, 1D, 7C, 8F, 43, 00, 89, 35, 78, 8F, 43, 00, 89, 3D, 74, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 15, A0, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 94, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 70, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 6C, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 68, 8F, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 64, 8F, 43, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 98, 8F, 43, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 8C, 8F, 43, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 90, 8F, 43, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 9C, 8F, 43...
 
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Entropy:
6.3177

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
sponsorkeyword

Command:
C:\Program Files\sponsorkeyword\sponsorkeyword.exe


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