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adknowledge_suprasavings.exe

The application adknowledge_suprasavings.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1t653m828c3x8.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
f505d89a29f7732b0396cadd3def2bc6

SHA-1:
d780050e76e0e6b6f43ff116dcbd8d8de71856eb

SHA-256:
bd304d60cc6a3393927412ea3a36af81d27993fcfd459a363f31fe56f9b8fda4

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 9:23:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
967

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-140613

AVG
Clicker
2015.0.3445

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.14613

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
1.0.20.820

Dr.Web
Trojan.Damaged.1
9.0.1.0106

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
8.14.06.13.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/GigaClicks.AD (variant)
8.9734

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
6/13/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
11.2014-13-06_6

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11711

Kaspersky
Trojan-Clicker.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3718

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GigaClicks.A
v2014.06.13.07

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.7101

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
15.0.0.492

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Suspicious file
14.06.13.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
(Suspicious) - DNAScan
6.14.12.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.4.16.22

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10546

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.164

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clicker
28188

File size:
1.3 MB (1,381,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adknowledge_suprasavings.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 11:01:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qAEwRBYM+RK4JCciwlj5qncuqh7zZMdBbGQO+NojGyPuGivkY:PBQKWpiObuqh/Z4tGQO++ayGGEkY

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9747

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file adknowledge_suprasavings.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://d1t653m828c3x8.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../AdKnowledge_suprasavings.exe

http://d1s8azhe8rpvoz.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../AdKnowledge_suprasavings.exe

http://d3emsmln8xfj03.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../AdKnowledge_suprasavings.exe

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