openoffice-suite-ca-setup.exe

Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application openoffice-suite-ca-setup.exe by Statscom 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Statscom  (signed and verified)

Product:
Statscom

Version:
76.3.8.2514

MD5:
a4a6b5844d41fa5256de66425e4eebc8

SHA-1:
e194ccd1e260e12170420131b9134d7e7c8226a4

SHA-256:
bdb559cea79073f9f624060ee7a088f06ea55f1968e8b57121f3b540ed16dafc

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 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:
5/19/2024 1:22:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)
15.12.18.7

File size:
6 MB (6,315,480 bytes)

Product version:
76.3.8.2514

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openoffice-suite-ca-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 3:21:38 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 9:36:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, 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:
00B76A917B400E54E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/27/2014 5:54:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:MTFL8mvubi3uVVJ2t0WmVtWlUGIIvhL1e:MTh3uiuVVJy7mVIl5I+8

Entry address:
0x18AA

Entry point:
E8, F1, C3, 00, 00, E9, F5, BC, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, E8, E7, 5C, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 89, 44, 24, 18, 8D, 44, 24, 1C, 50, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, C7, 44, 24, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8A, 5E, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 2C, 6A, 00, 68, A8, FF, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 1C, 0F, 6A, 03, 55, 89, 5C, 24, 44, E8, 6E, 5E, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 48, 52, 55, 89, 44, 24, 48, E8, AF, 5B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 30, 85, FF, 75, 0D, 55, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9990  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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