dealcabby.exe

AdPeak, Inc

This is the instaler for an an Adpeak program that shows ads in the browser without providing information about the ad's origin. Ads are injected as banners or text-links in random web pages. The application dealcabby.exe by AdPeak, Inc 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
AdPeak, Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a42e396d4792e0711276c7cbf8fe7d31

SHA-1:
48a98adafe046bdfd53f6364e880b2e87221f953

SHA-256:
d161eeeda407fbe11057055a2834f92d7072d3ce81e7e1c2acb6b8ab6f3b785c

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:
4/25/2024 8:30:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdPeak.Installer (M)
15.12.26.21

File size:
48.5 KB (49,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\installer_for_imvu_029289\dealcabby.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2011 10:00:10 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2012 12:43:44 PM

Subject:
CN="AdPeak, Inc", O="AdPeak, Inc", L=Sarasota, S=FL, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0B871F1E83E3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:L/pT8mhxeQ/IkJTCxw+bzvDBnqb4WjXO3XJjCfUi73ZAjHVCq/Am3rENCzb:rumhxebkJf+FTXJjCf33UHamPb

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0708

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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