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um.exe

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application um.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Spigot Setup installer. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘UM’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b7ddd88bf27dd1bfc3b65567dbf09700

SHA-1:
392a081697dccd8a60c4618a2f26bad137cf412c

SHA-256:
8eaa3d115e98b4ee1b113a30a0383a9fd11011f187315efb83d15ca34f620983

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:
4/29/2024 10:38:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot.Installer (M)
16.7.5.13

File size:
862.7 KB (883,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Spigot Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\update manager\um.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
1/27/2016 1:06:38 PM

Valid to:
1/16/2017 4:46:38 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", O="Spigot, Inc.", L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
07322820879EF483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 12:49:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:a+48VXzaMoAnG2hhk1LXo8iM6NySo4gujFZmD+MpHN2LfLn/88QKcKRs/9z:3DSBLXo8i/y6gSP/StqfLwoRG

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
5B, 47, 88, 96, DD, 62, D1, 5B, 93, 4E, FC, 73, 40, 26, 40, 3A, D7, 10, 84, ED, 5A, 9E, 66, 10, 12, EF, 9D, 23, BA, 81, D2, 35, 08, 80, 3B, F7, D7, 27, 97, 30, 03, 3C, 50, 04, FB, 26, 3A, 63, 21, 4D, EF, 4C, 72, 44, 35, C0, 07, 4F, 50, 66, 0C, 0A, 92, 85, 41, CC, 48, 55, DD, 58, 03, 3B, 2A, 96, 3C, 47, E4, 51, 61, 11, 99, 9A, 11, 35, 3C, 0E, A4, 32, 50, 5D, 52, 20, 53, 20, 99, 90, 43, 40, 80, E4, 48, 06, 39, 80, 7F, 40, 8C, E7, 00, B9, BF, 20, 0E, 43, 70, 2E, E9, 33, D4, 4B, FE, 42, E1, 48, 3E, 2D, D4, 54...
 
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Entropy:
7.7278  (probably packed)

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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

Name:
UM

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\update manager\um.exe


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