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deal_boat.exe

Exciting Apps

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application deal_boat.exe by Exciting Apps has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from updatesrv-a.akamaihd.net.
Publisher:
Exciting Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc8a9ac551ec85284bf4c61943fca46b

SHA-1:
f42801b07556423e03c812c881674d2c23feeac9

SHA-256:
804809ca426d2b9137ed31befc817d460df0a0f396d21c0b369abe9634765b87

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:
4/19/2024 6:30:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.ExcitingApps.Installer (M)
16.2.3.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,151,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\deal_boat.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Exciting Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/25/2015 4:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
534682E2D442EC8EA3320856DF2214DC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 7:01:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rtHFLsfN+G72e2X0tMm8/ij3I7mFP+exZOEh:rB1s192l0em8qj3rFZt

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9721  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

https://updatesrv-a.akamaihd.net/.../.eJxFjUEKwyAQRe8yawmaphS8TFA0cdQ44ti0UHr3uMv2_fd5P-iGE2jAwt3k7BsIOH1jpDKomtQ0S7XI5_wYwy3p3t5egP_2Fd0QE1myW7HoIgWqITtvYnAlYEz1OOp9Xrdsdga9yJcA2-jDowZa_S-dAy9O.G0E7NH68QATO_XTgZCjVH4Fx3L8

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