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amonetizecheckv2.exe

The application amonetizecheckv2.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 30 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. 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 d3d6wi7c7pa6m0.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
b3ed2465833ee27c8de2399c654e05d1

SHA-1:
f917ca19587e168509e22eec1de3956c088b5cfe

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:42:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.9244014
1061

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/WhiteSmoke.N
7.11.135.34

avast!
Win32:WhiteSmoke-A [PUP]
2014.9-140310

AVG
Dropper.Generic8
2015.0.3539

Baidu Antivirus
HackTool.Win32.Downloader
4.0.3.14310

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.9244014
1.0.20.345

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17893

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1457
9.0.1.069

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.9244014
8.14.03.10.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize (variant)
8.9507

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
3/10/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.9244014
11.2014-10-03_2

G Data
Trojan.Generic.9244014
14.3.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11351

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.4192

McAfee
RDN/Generic.bfr!ef
5600.7195

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.9244014
15.0.0.207

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.buwuxz
0.28.0.58101

nProtect
Trojan.Generic.9244014
14.03.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.03.10.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.b83
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.10.1.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.152378BC!354646204
23.00.65.14308

Sophos
Generic PUA PJ
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PAP14
7.2.69

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0PAP14
10.465.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Amonetize
27128

File size:
165 KB (168,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\amonetizecheckv2.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/2013 6:46:48 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:yyCWhrSApLxglTgsgiwTx2Fc/EJaeTRZgnneQPNEqfbGgZ+DS9Um:leolgZ55bq/neTR6neyDh+DSV

Entry address:
0x17C1

Entry point:
E8, 82, 03, 00, 00, E9, 9F, FD, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 10, 30, 40, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 04, 04, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 75, 2A, 83, 78, 10, 03, 75, 24, 8B, 40, 14, 3D, 20, 05, 93, 19, 74, 15, 3D, 21, 05, 93, 19, 74, 0E, 3D, 22, 05, 93, 19, 74, 07, 3D, 00, 40, 99, 01, 75, 05, E8, CE, 04, 00, 00, 33, C0, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 68, DA, 17, 40, 00, FF, 15, 44, 20, 40, 00, 33, C0, C3, FF, 25, F8, 20, 40, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 60, 22, 40, 00, E8, 60, 02, 00, 00, FF, 35, 90, 33, 40...
 
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Entropy:
7.7115  (probably packed)

Code size:
3.5 KB (3,584 bytes)

The file amonetizecheckv2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d3d6wi7c7pa6m0.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../AmonetizeCheckV2.exe

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