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best-markit157.exe

The application best-markit157.exe has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “best-markit”. This file is typically installed with the program best-markit by Revizer Technologies which is a potentially unwanted software program. This is part of the Revizer line of web browser extensions that inject 3rd-party advertisements in the user's web browser as well as setup a proxy server for the browser in order to track behaviors and display context based-ads from various partners (mostly adware).
MD5:
1ca7074367bf660a3c2a08e0de7c1de5

SHA-1:
aed22c035439942599660bc5b0a2211e639222f2

SHA-256:
f867bc1b9dd6db6416555c219e906a413ca64631120b1993ec750f7df351a87b

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:33:04 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Dropper-gen [Drp]
2014.9-150104

AVG
LoudMo.M
2016.0.3239

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AD150
4.0.3.1514

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.AD150 (variant)
9.9715

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2690

McAfee
Adware-AddLyrics!D501F1122D44
5600.6895

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Revizer.Service.O
14.3.19.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.AD150!6.1875
23.00.65.15102

File size:
190.5 KB (195,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\best-markit-soft\best-markit157.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/11/2014 3:45:48 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:PL3BpyAdyzZVbVAOwZqO+fAn3wBw9ioMZF+hrhWTBfFY8B90uwGTVgzQ1:PL3BkD3bVAObBfm3w06n+hdWTBaq90Gs

Entry address:
0x14D02

Entry point:
E8, B5, 5A, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, E4, EE, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, 1B, 5B, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6, 8B, 44, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.7538

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

Service
Display name:
best-markit

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file best-markit157.exe has been discovered within the following program.

best-markit  by Revizer Technologies
The Best-Markit adware program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups by adding a proxy server to the users computer which directs all web page requests through the Remarketable proxy.
best-markit.com/terms-of-service
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-7-213-116.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.7.213.116:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-242-50.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.242.50:80)

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