Client.exe

Secureencoded

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Client.exe by Secureencoded has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This file is typically installed with the program Rockettab by Rich River Media, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Secureencoded  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5393.19814

MD5:
063dde091a70dff0d97af6d20e0d2149

SHA-1:
3e4d30bdf545b902429767a86109d4cde3cc921d

SHA-256:
29fe49be444948c83b50c809c92a2509c5e06fe1032b190feb4825d29d83f310

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 1:58:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EP [PUP]
2014.9-141008

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.iBryte
4.0.3.14108

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.iBryte (variant)
8.10528

McAfee
Adware-RocketTab
5600.6983

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM03.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Secureencoded.G
14.10.8.12

Sophos
Generic PUA DO
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
AdKnowledge
33736

File size:
1.4 MB (1,424,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5393.19814

Original file name:
Client.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\search extensions\client.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/13/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secureencoded, O=Secureencoded, 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:
008A9DE5BF6D7E4070873AB08E9304F7FA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 5:00:48 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MuLNuBRyWW5Kb5Yh6JStDDK/IRYhUn0PpH7jGI6gBYtjIo:MgufY6JSNKwRYiq562aT

Entry address:
0x152342

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0977

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,377,280 bytes)

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

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.
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