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uninstall.exe

Internet Explorer Toolbar

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

The application uninstall.exe, “Internet Explorer Toolbar Uninstaller” by Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Nectar Toolbar by AIMIA Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

uninstall.exe

Publisher:

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD (signed and verified)

Product:

Internet Explorer Toolbar

Description:

Internet Explorer Toolbar Uninstaller

Version:

4.3.0.43

MD5:

9bc0dd843176215c29b9e5259109a438

SHA-1:

01c0258d39af7da1128e2a78e5f6d3079e715e24

SHA-256:

ee227f83f886aabdf4a5143600a7bdedcbec5ff443b40e394563856c427954db

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

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:

4/25/2024 3:41:53 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.AimiaCoalitionLoyaltyUK.Installer (M)

15.7.6.19

File size:

47.8 KB (48,936 bytes)

Product version:

4.3.0.43

Original file name:

uninstall.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\{8cb26f89-c950-4cc2-9100-69635a8e721d}\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/3/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/4/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Aimia Coalition Loyalty UK LTD, L=London, S=United Kingdom, C=GB

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

3FA8ED3BA9AA2D91F087CB0A3B328A4E

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/5/2013 8:50:01 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

768:qE8w9LlgD9z/4vt+aEjzaXEjoh6Fmv9SqJjUgCb2mPKF:qE3LKDZjaEjza0jZWJjUN2gy

Entry address:

0x1281

Entry point:

E8, B6, 15, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 58, AD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 54, AD, 40, 00, 89, 15, 50, AD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 4C, AD, 40, 00, 89, 35, 48, AD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 44, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 70, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 64, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 40, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 3C, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 38, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 34, AD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 68, AD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 5C, AD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 60, AD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 6C, AD, 40... 
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Entropy:

6.4159

Code size:

24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file uninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Nectar Toolbar by AIMIA Coalition Loyalty UK Ltd

Nectar Toolbar is a potentially unwanted web browser extension designed to take control of the user's browser in order to redirect web searches and inject advertising. In Internet Explorer the program run as a Browser Helper Object.

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