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bfupdate.exe

Cash Back Assistant

BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect Inc.)

The application bfupdate.exe, “BeFrugal Coupons Add-On ” by BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect) has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1vzi8tgmwci8n.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
BeFrugal.com   (signed by BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect Inc.))

Product:
Cash Back Assistant

Description:
BeFrugal Coupons Add-On

Version:
2013.3.21.1

MD5:
aaea520279399a74e99a4bb38bb3338b

SHA-1:
e54ac83aa65ab37615277b9900aa93efb99b679d

SHA-256:
37e49eaa044bbabd65ff8862f864c33856274cd3699e7983d80febbd7e3541e5

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 5:32:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AS.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BeFrugal.BeFrugalCapitalIntellect.Installer (M)
16.1.27.9

File size:
731.5 KB (749,088 bytes)

Product version:
2013.3.21.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011-2013 Capital Intellect, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patents Pending.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect Inc.)

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/9/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/9/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect Inc.), O=BeFrugal.com (Capital Intellect Inc.), L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=3324134, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
07938B222AB6BB2F5FB317364DED4C9F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dQi9/9FEWPfuOZRN/exwlmcbq+k78mkJ73St9+2DWamKYNmnbzlN8XGRbBkUmGaK:dQihpPGINGmlzbQ78mqSQihmZMnf8XGL

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9678

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

https://d1vzi8tgmwci8n.cloudfront.net/download/.../BeFrugal.com-Coupons-3.21u.exe

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