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Alot.com

The application news.exe by Alot.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Alot.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad5be318147dcad0f1868cbd1d308768

SHA-1:
3e42b92b93fc249c4c6bf168173c6eae2c9af308

SHA-256:
3ada20845c1140a9d431add16d9805ef62ebfe106f5af7b525c23f040a18068f

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 7:47:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot (M)
16.1.19.16

File size:
580.2 KB (594,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\8038\users\{user}\downloads\news.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alot.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2007 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2010 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Alot.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Alot.com, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1027946633D229F3ECCCF0561C8075

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2008 6:33:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WdqIh6F0EjDKfQtjR4cwbs4juKivcNDZGM+I+ysrGlpdHRVsZq1cf7h+:WdqSEjOQpa7b5bZGM+3GlpdHjs88h+

Entry address:
0x395C

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, BF, D0, 38, 40, 00, 53, B3, 20, 81, EC, 7C, 01, 00, 00, C7, 85, 7C, FE, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 85, 78, FE, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, D8, 4D, 00, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, AE, 43, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 17, 4E, 00, 00, A3, 70, 4C, 42, 00, 6A, 08, E8, DB, 32, 00, 00, A3, 10, 4D, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 6A, 00, 68, 13, 39, 40, 00, E8, CC, 4C, 00, 00, 68, 14, 39, 40, 00, 68, 40, 4D, 42, 00, E8, BB, 2D, 00, 00, E8, 78, 43, 00, 00, 50, 68, 00, D0...
 
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Entropy:
7.8870  (probably packed)

Code size:
35.5 KB (36,352 bytes)

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