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coupondropdown plugin-bg.exe

CouponDropDown Plugin

Engaging 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 plugin-bg.exe, “CouponDropDown Plugin exe” by Engaging 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 Plugin by 215 Apps which is a potentially unwanted software program. Part of the Corssrider web browser platform, the BG executable is a background process that manage various function of the installed extensions in user's browser including managing installation, updates and remote code downloads.
Publisher:
Innovative Apps  (signed by Engaging Apps)

Product:
CouponDropDown Plugin

Description:
CouponDropDown Plugin exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
c35221bcbfbde428a950cc710ac5bdf5

SHA-1:
b3e1ce6e118ba82f140fad07189f7eb5808d0408

SHA-256:
21bc8c84f922f2bfc8eb5531090569c5d65cb38b371230d4d0b7190a9471a963

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Note:
Crossrider is the owner of a platform that enables the creation of cross-browser extensions by developers but is not the owner of this detected application. The owner/publisher of this file is Engaging Apps.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:21:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crossrider.EngagingApps.Y
14.8.7.21

File size:
737.9 KB (755,592 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
CouponDropDown Plugin.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Engaging Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/4/2014 4:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
632EEBD9B987BC680D444D8675A26545

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/17/2013 10:44:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lcF6MOThoGoKU5xZ9ZnxSS44f/3d+rViDmsH5CKHTxUeGTqmkZ4:hfT6J5zXnMSlvAiDmqZTKRTj

Entry address:
0x726C6

Entry point:
E8, 73, AD, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, E8, 5E, 4B, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, EC, 5E, 4B, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 4F, 0E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 50, 60, 4B, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, 3C, 0E, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, 54, 60, 4B, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
6.5100

Code size:
590 KB (604,160 bytes)

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

CouponDropDown Plugin  by 215 Apps
Innovative Apps' (50OnRed) CouponDropDown BHO is the Browser Helper Object installed into Internet Explorer which has the ability to access and monitor all loaded and requested web pages and content. Removing CouponDropDown is usually a good idea.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.10:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-244-9.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.244.9:80)

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