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akt.exe

Maranta Services

This is a bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application akt.exe by Maranta Services 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 ProfitServis Downloader installer.
Publisher:
Maranta Services  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
73cd076a6f53f92f4a6a1aea43d56d8b

SHA-1:
730e4ee35c74e439eab8c7e6f773b652a79e46eb

SHA-256:
e6d865bf5cdba86c1ec53e3032997febeb895754cdca1347ad8d009c318f4558

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 10:21:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ProfitServis (M)
17.1.16.7

File size:
2.8 MB (2,957,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
ProfitServis Downloader

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\rar$exa0.754\akt.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Maranta Services

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/29/2014 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/30/2015 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Maranta Services, OU=Maranta, O=Maranta Services, STREET=50th Street, STREET="Global Plaza Tower,", STREET="19th Floor, Suite H", L=Panama City, S=Panama City, PostalCode=12800, C=PA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BAFB1092A724C649F08262FBAD10AA7A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 4:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x6EC360

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 8E, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, B1, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
2 MB (2,129,920 bytes)

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