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AdwareAlert.exe

AdwareAlert

C-NetMedia

The application AdwareAlert.exe, “C-NetMedia Spyware Cleaner” by C-NetMedia 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 scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
C-NetMedia  (signed and verified)

Product:
AdwareAlert

Description:
C-NetMedia Spyware Cleaner

Version:
1.5.2691.1003

MD5:
89e5f68e623694b0016dfbcdeae01bc4

SHA-1:
2b28c6c009106e3820a33abdb62002105ea67178

SHA-256:
d324e5c0253516854412bc1fba3e7a3a8fa0d7430c23d586b00eda39136ce512

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:
4/19/2024 2:26:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.8.29.21

File size:
8.3 MB (8,652,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.5.0.0

Copyright:
AdwareAlert (c). All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AdwareAlert.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\adwarealert\adwarealert.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
C-NetMedia

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2006 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/15/2007 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=C-NetMedia, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=C-NetMedia, L=Mobile, S=Alabama, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
38F51432ABAD3AA35011F824E0C565EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/8/2007 2:44:11 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rJ6Rlba9iPtwIARJhRTM0mSaEzWm7dTQ71iFZckphjZqXwqI77eg:rJ3qtwIAHbTMMzvPFZnZqXez

Entry address:
0x7EEEF

Entry point:
E8, 41, CA, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, E8, BB, 57, 00, 00, FF, 74, 24, 04, E8, 12, 56, 00, 00, FF, 35, D8, 4B, 4C, 00, E8, C3, 58, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, FF, D0, 83, C4, 0C, C3, 68, 34, C4, 4A, 00, FF, 15, 70, 03, 4A, 00, 85, C0, 74, 16, 68, 24, C4, 4A, 00, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 03, 4A, 00, 85, C0, 74, 06, FF, 74, 24, 04, FF, D0, C3, FF, 74, 24, 04, E8, D1, FF, FF, FF, 59, FF, 74, 24, 04, FF, 15, A8, 01, 4A, 00, CC, 6A, 08, E8, 8A, B4, 00, 00, 59, C3, 6A, 08, E8, A9, B3, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 8B, F0, EB, 0B...
 
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Entropy:
4.5975

Code size:
636 KB (651,264 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
AdwareAlert Scheduled Scan

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 3:00 AM)

Description:
Runs AdwareAlert to scan your computer for malicious and potenially unwanted programs.


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