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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:
19966f4d10d4528c21f5ecf9afa5453d

SHA-1:
188eb375c84aa7c9b8e80a0f93013afc2d36500e

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:
4/23/2024 1:13:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Internet (M)
16.5.31.4

File size:
206.4 KB (211,328 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Korean

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Internet Marketing Lab

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/27/2011 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/27/2012 6:59:59 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:
45CFD1B3ED673E365DD9BEAE9E7EEC4B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2011 2:46:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:sPGwUpCWkoOCi8cwKEn1jEurForVP6f8B2bv3sS2C/UoFDMf4EcTu05w27MEFAQD:CoNi87ZEurFiVG62T3/JlxIEFAc

Entry address:
0x1A8EA

Entry point:
E8, 84, 64, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 40, EC, 43, 00, 89, 0D, 3C, EC, 43, 00, 89, 15, 38, EC, 43, 00, 89, 1D, 34, EC, 43, 00, 89, 35, 30, EC, 43, 00, 89, 3D, 2C, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 58, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 4C, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 28, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 24, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 20, EC, 43, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 1C, EC, 43, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 50, EC, 43, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 44, EC, 43, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 48, EC, 43, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 54, EC, 43...
 
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Entropy:
6.2972

Code size:
145.5 KB (148,992 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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