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convertad.exe

The application convertad.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ConvertAd’.
Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
5fbd961df45e6132402427948179c334

SHA-1:
3c69fdc88fb53cea377634886f77aee507fb5500

SHA-256:
b89b07dd178c7e2010dfb64013e11a3829faba0203ad306e1a453855ffb88e7d

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:55:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.952887
778

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.ConvertAd
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141219

AVG
Generic6
2015.0.3256

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.952887
1.0.20.1765

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd
8.10893

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ConvertAd
12/19/2014

F-Secure
Application.Generic.952887
11.2014-19-12_6

G Data
Application.Generic.952887
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ConvertAd
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.188.14368

McAfee
Artemis!FA0446B79E5F
5600.6912

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.952887
15.0.0.1059

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.12.19.0

Sophos
Generic PUA FA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1207
7.2.353

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
35820

File size:
2 MB (2,140,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/16/2014 8:09:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:4FFYgixz5jr8z+JK4MUxMbCqNYCl5QCSJ6nmLHl2v1mxXWTk8lA5BBmpE:eFYf5jr8KJaUACqNYCl5QCSJ6pv1mETf

Entry address:
0x148CAE

Entry point:
E8, C6, B4, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, E0, 90, 5D, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 4D, B5, 00, 00, 8B, 41, 04, 85, C0, 75, 05, B8, B8, EC, 5A, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 74, 2D, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 05, 03, 00, 00, 8D, 70, 01, 56, E8, 1A, 18, 00, 00, 59, 59, 89, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 11, FF, 75, 08, 56, 50, E8, 13, B6, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, C6, 47, 08, 01, 5E, 5F, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 56, 8B, F1, 80, 7E, 08, 00, 74, 09, FF, 76, 04, E8, AD, 17, 00, 00, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C6, 46...
 
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Entropy:
6.4689

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,570,304 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
ConvertAd

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\convertad\convertad.exe


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