aa_v3.exe

Ammyy Admin

Ammyy

The application aa_v3.exe by Ammyy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Ammyy Admin”. While running, it connects to the Internet address pacific1385.us.unmetered.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Ammyy LLC  (signed by Ammyy)

Product:
Ammyy Admin

Version:
3.2

MD5:
fe2d66672386323de34f5be0c40ef46d

SHA-1:
a6a7f398825f683e354d5fc5ddab89297334ad86

SHA-256:
b37b366118c2025ae0c1d2492b8c15c5455186d69757b69ee7c0dd85e08dd64b

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:23:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ammyy (M)
17.3.15.2

File size:
40 MB (41,967,616 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/12/2012 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/13/2013 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ammyy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ammyy, L=Moscow, S=Russian Federation, C=RU

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:
18CA484C639D98F0F877B32777CF778D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/29/2013 2:18:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x7945E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, F0, 46, 48, 00, 68, 00, 96, 47, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 9C, 03, 48, 00, 59, 83, 0D, C8, FC, 4A, 00, FF, 83, 0D, CC, FC, 4A, 00, FF, FF, 15, A0, 03, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, B0, FC, 4A, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, A4, 03, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, AC, FC, 4A, 00, 89, 08, A1, A8, 03, 48, 00, 8B, 00, A3, C4, FC, 4A, 00, E8, 30, 52, FB, FF, 39, 1D, E0, 85, 4A, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 2A, 96, 47, 00, FF, 15, 10, 05...
 
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Entropy:
0.2158

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
508 KB (520,192 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Ammyy Admin

Service name:
AmmyyAdmin

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to pacific1385.us.unmetered.com  (209.239.123.75:80)

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