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adblock-plus.exe

Golden Banners

The application adblock-plus.exe by Golden Banners 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer.
Publisher:
Application Free Software Installer  (signed by Golden Banners)

Product:
Application Free Software Installer

Version:
8.0.6.8058

MD5:
dda73eda652fb47b839c2aad6125380c

SHA-1:
f6c96ff59ed3c31cc385ff5207a0fa4b60b008d7

SHA-256:
f0323c6966157edafa795927194d5ab46cbccfb34aa950b311941b5dc437db31

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.

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:
5/6/2024 3:17:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.GoldenBa.Bundler (M)
16.5.23.6

File size:
872.1 KB (893,072 bytes)

Product version:
8.0.6.8058

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\adblock-plus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Banners

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/10/2015 8:39:55 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 8:39:55 PM

Subject:
CN=Golden Banners, O=Golden Banners, L=San Francisco, S=California, 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:
1F7D5D2124E55276

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/24/2014 5:07:44 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:gKv4azLiRH6SLOteurmyZ5givTb7JRWKCaZytqRxfBsgcPO8amZl4zilq1vEM:g84azLyH9OkomW/7fZhRxfBysmZlvYKM

Entry address:
0x1AF2

Entry point:
E8, A9, BD, 00, 00, E9, A7, B6, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, A0, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 0D, A0, 38, 41, 00, 8B, 15, F8, 37, 41, 00, A1, 70, 37, 41, 00, 56, 8B, B4, 24, A8, 00, 00, 00, 57, 89, 4C, 24, 60, 8D, 4C, 24, 58, 89, 54, 24, 68, 8B, 15, A0, 37, 41, 00, 51, 89, 44, 24, 5C, A1, D8, 38, 41, 00, 52, 33, FF, 56, C7, 44, 24, 68, 90, 82, 40, 00, C7, 44, 24, 70, C0, 86, 40, 00, C7, 44, 24, 78, 90, 83, 40, 00, 89, 44, 24, 7C, C7, 84, 24, 80, 00, 00, 00, 70, 91, 40, 00, 89, BC, 24, 84, 00, 00, 00, 89, BC, 24, 88...
 
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Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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