donkeyup.exe

Mediaclick

The application donkeyup.exe by Mediaclick has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘donkeytools_donkey’.
Publisher:
Mediaclick  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ccdb72379cffbdf8a8853575df737e38

SHA-1:
d19ee8e5b0a3b95445a9919a08f20b91ccf140f9

SHA-256:
dac5a2b51b8080e02897a69aedfc6b9b1577c88ed854fbe4edf195aea60e28bd

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:
7/8/2025 1:04:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mediacli (M)
16.7.2.15

File size:
76.7 KB (78,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\maple story\donkeyup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
1/31/2008 2:39:21 PM

Valid to:
1/30/2009 2:39:21 PM

Subject:
CN=Mediaclick, OU=Software Development Department, O=Mediaclick, L=Gangnam-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
10DCB8E8E4CCBA8287CA3E7D2CAB6B80

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2008 2:42:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:MX9LyEEX43mkwwxQr1yHYi4XS2w+Yt73UN6lVXdvZTyBOb4QaUm/mOTY1kdle5xK:sgQ3tWi4XSOoXdvZTyBDQaUUk4le5xK

Entry address:
0x6AE3

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 78, E4, 40, 00, 68, 50, 8E, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 58, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, FF, 15, 18, E1, 40, 00, 33, D2, 8A, D4, 89, 15, 3C, 9C, 41, 00, 8B, C8, 81, E1, FF, 00, 00, 00, 89, 0D, 38, 9C, 41, 00, C1, E1, 08, 03, CA, 89, 0D, 34, 9C, 41, 00, C1, E8, 10, A3, 30, 9C, 41, 00, 33, F6, 56, E8, 01, 24, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, B0, 00, 00, 00, 59, 89, 75, FC, E8, 0E, 3B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 14, E1, 40, 00, A3, 64, B2, 41, 00, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.0868

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
52 KB (53,248 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
donkeytools_donkey

Command:
C:\Program Files\maple story\donkeyup.exe \start


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