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amiupdater1535.exe

The application amiupdater1535.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 16 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named amiupdaterExi triggered by a time event. It bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install. The file has been seen being downloaded from cds.d5v5w7m8.hwcdn.net and multiple other hosts.
Version:
1.1.4.2

MD5:
a8ef3f9ffc3aaa1e2c8701363a0d0b84

SHA-1:
c2941270ef20310a6d4462b423f511e0ed093955

SHA-256:
93729d76788274c9e7a5c1ee0f2f0ad4b33a958bc7f6ef1e3808d122084b596b

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 7:40:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
554

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Amonetize
2015.07.31

Arcabit
Trojan.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150822

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.15730

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
1.0.20.1055

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
8.15.08.22.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize.GD.gen potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12017

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-30-07_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
15.7.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2015.07.30.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
16.0.0.633

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.34
11.20150822

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.8.21.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.18E7FDDC!417856988
23.00.65.15728

File size:
1.8 MB (1,841,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.4.2

Original file name:
u2.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\amiupdater1535.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2015 9:55:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:5pShwEkEAVZK80tIS28ULLgFFx65oxOj61fMVs:/SWENjAVYOjYo

Entry address:
0x30D94

Entry point:
E8, 31, CA, 00, 00, E9, 2F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, F0, F1, 46, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 8D, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 38, 95, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, F0, F1, 46, 00, E9, 42, 18, 00, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, A9, 30, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0A, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, E9, B8, 93, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, E9, 93, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, F0, F1, 46, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 16, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 10, 53, E9, 95, 2C, 02, 00, 53, E8, 0E, EE, FF, FF, 83, 27...
 
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Code size:
361.5 KB (370,176 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
amiupdaterExi

Trigger:
Time


The file amiupdater1535.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://cds.d5v5w7m8.hwcdn.net/.../Updater.exe

http://cds.e6s9e9z7.hwcdn.net/.../Updater.exe

http://cds.u3i2w8v2.hwcdn.net/.../Updater.exe

http://d22v5mkwhaawa0.cloudfront.net/.../Updater.exe

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