coupondropdown-bg.exe

CouponDropDown

Friendly Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application coupondropdown-bg.exe, “CouponDropDown exe” by Friendly Apps has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program CouponDropDown by 215 Apps which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
215 Apps  (signed by Friendly Apps)

Product:
CouponDropDown

Description:
CouponDropDown exe

Version:
1.1.150.23

MD5:
096dec3ee9525e8f44f4752cb4a47914

SHA-1:
0da6c2573a863d0108b4e8b56b0a792eeb15921b

SHA-256:
9a61bd1c2670937bb07ca6d4593ee0e99b0d3efb7e286965455b8c99dffe2f2a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:32:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.FriendlyApps (M)
16.1.23.8

File size:
770.9 KB (789,384 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.150.23

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
CouponDropDown.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\coupondropdown\coupondropdown-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/1/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/2/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Friendly Apps, O=Friendly Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
56D17D2D52C2BC3A2CECDA129CA33619

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2012 1:21:45 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:kr/yaeE5iN+AG5UQveZq9pN2kw5ZaiRGejitM1OT9CSd654r8:kr/yaeGw+5CQ5pjktGe7I9CSd65l

Entry address:
0x6CEB3

Entry point:
E8, 1A, A7, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, 8D, D8, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, A8, CE, 4B, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01...
 
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Code size:
643.5 KB (658,944 bytes)

The file coupondropdown-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

CouponDropDown  by 215 Apps
Coupon Drop Down from 215 Apps installs a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites.
coupondropdown.com
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