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:
7607de1ff8418e7e4d33b83582cee0e3

SHA-1:
726aae0a31df9c183a65ea6185309d22b18cc41f

SHA-256:
206fb8068dafffeaf32f19e77b66642ea543940e65ae51f90abad9a6e3d97204

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:
4/20/2024 1:04:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdPeak.Installer (M)
15.12.5.4

File size:
48.5 KB (49,624 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_itunes_009314\dealcabby.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2011 8:00:10 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2012 10:43:44 AM

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 2:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:D/pT8mhxeQ/IkJTCxw+bzvDBnqb4WjXO3XJjCfUi73ZAjHVCq/AmvENCzhtW9:zumhxebkJf+FTXJjCf33UHamTzW9

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:
7.0707

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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