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levelqualitywatcher64.exe

Adpeak, Inc.

Part of 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 levelqualitywatcher64.exe by Adpeak has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Level Quality Watcher”. This file is typically installed with the program Level Quality Watcher by Adpeak, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Adpeak, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c6a0b1016cd80d82054a53c88acceae4

SHA-1:
6f5e99ed74bc9b0bda83e3974b12efe886525582

SHA-256:
60b4fa8c03cb99f0a92f80f8f007635e8eb905fc8e2d6bc23413c7a007a60ffb

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:27:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Adpeak
2015.0.3605

Boost by Reason
Optional.Service.Adpeak.V
188838

ESET NOD32
Win64/Adware.Adpeak (variant)
7.9190

McAfee
Artemis!C6A0B1016CD8
5600.7261

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/Adpeak
1.165.3004.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Adpeak.V
14.8.7.17

Sophos
AdPeak
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1219
7.2.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Adpeak
24746

File size:
501.5 KB (513,528 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\level quality watcher\v1.01\levelqualitywatcher64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adpeak, Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/17/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2014 5:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN="Adpeak, Inc.", O="Adpeak, Inc.", L=Sarasota, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0E4C86026B3F1F3BDBEDF4DA58E8FF09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2013 9:00:43 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Pw/ssXJoCcBzrHDYZ1DX1fGXJIMM0E87Jotx3i:Pw/9ZGD0voSMzq3i

Entry address:
0x3B65C

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, BF, 08, 01, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 7A, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, 48, 63, D9, 48, 8D, 3D, 9C, AA, 03, 00, 48, 03, DB, 48, 83, 3C, DF, 00, 75, 11, E8, A9, 00, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 8D, 48, 11, E8, 99, 86, FF, FF, 48, 8B, 0C, DF, 48, 8B, 5C, 24, 30, 48, 83, C4, 20, 5F, 48, FF, 25, 4C, CE, 01, 00, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 08, 48, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 48, 89, 74, 24, 18, 57, 48, 83, EC, 20, BF, 24, 00, 00, 00, 48, 8D, 1D, 4C, AA, 03, 00, 8B, EF, 48, 8B, 33, 48, 85, F6...
 
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Entropy:
6.3740

Code size:
344.5 KB (352,768 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Level Quality Watcher

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file levelqualitywatcher64.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Level Quality Watcher  by Adpeak, Inc.
This is a potentially unwanted application (detected by a number of anti-malware products). This Windows Service is typically installed along side various web browser extensions by Adpeak such as the ScorpianSaver toolbar.
www.adpeak.com
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The file levelqualitywatcher64.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://malwr.com/analysis/file/MDI3Y2YzZTNkMmJiNGZiMWI5YzczMTQ2YTE1NmYwOTQ/sample/.../

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