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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:
07399038c02def998a1c59f82d883d1d

SHA-1:
a5d5dfb75bf8d983a7a15925d0620da98ad36ab4

SHA-256:
193418fe2a82b26e62b752e91c02c40dae71b6c7a0cbdb9d3652d2382a2a1f92

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 10:11:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot.Installer (M)
16.4.27.1

File size:
963 KB (986,064 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 7:36:38 AM

Valid to:
1/15/2017 11:16:38 PM

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:
2/24/2012 7:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RAq+48VXzaMoAnG2hhk1LXo8iZoKoiAW1R6yIMlpv2aBIFREHOKPOqwzI47/uYP:RAHDSBLXo8i5oiAWiyHnpoeLORI4Lu2

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:
7.7745  (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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