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uninstall.exe

Secureversions

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application uninstall.exe by Secureversions has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program RocketTab by RocketTab. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC and “RocketTab” by Adknowledge, both potentially unwanted software.

File name:

uninstall.exe

Publisher:

Secureversions (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5386.24711

MD5:

f21d0dfb4d87aaa327cafbfec8b6094e

SHA-1:

cb91518b48689aefe8a5088f1a9ae8ac06ded6c2

SHA-256:

f7ee418e3e3e8d70f6b2a0d3e43557da17caf9ab497357ca74e6d98c49104b23

Scanner detections:

3 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 8:59:55 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)

8.10490

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge

15.3.18.1

VIPRE Antivirus

AdKnowledge

33562

File size:

3.7 MB (3,885,288 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5386.24711

Original file name:

Installer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\search extensions\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Secureversions

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/13/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

7/14/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Secureversions, O=Secureversions, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00D3442A4F1CEEA2E5689832512FC2D8E5

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/30/2014 10:44:05 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:u+uIEoEJDba7Bh1UaezITJPwLJVWiNyIKhJ7yzw99/db+qQMcrF2i2r4Y9r:u+9EJ8NoLPmhBykTpbNcrolUY1

Entry address:

0x3AA7F3

Entry point:

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[+]

Entropy:

7.3694

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

3.7 MB (3,835,904 bytes)

Program Uninstaller

Program name:

RocketTab

Display publisher:

RocketTab

Uninstall string:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Search Extensions\uninstall.exe" /u=true /UserID=2adedc29-a660-4061-b5f5-de52f02e8c4f /SourceID=browsersafeguard-rockettab-tightrope /ImplementationID=browsersafeguard-rocketta

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

“RocketTab” by Adknowledge

RocketTab is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.

85% remove it

Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC

RocketTab is an adware program that injects advertising in the user's web browser by creating a local proxy server and routing all Internet traffic through that proxy. By re-routing traffic the service will be able to include various ads in the HTML of the displaying web page.

rockettab.com

88% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-204-8-133.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.204.8.133:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-83-200-155.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.83.200.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-54-235-170-110.compute-1.amazonaws.com (54.235.170.110:80)

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