nonsearchcomponent_offer_1.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 nonsearchcomponent_offer_1.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:
bd52a996a5dcd32b694068221be47326

SHA-1:
1e487361379e294d8926968290309c20e3e5eccf

SHA-256:
cb05ac82ca75ab22df7a7c378126294679193c0fc715164a051f05b301877ccb

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:
4/24/2024 8:20:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdPeak.Installer (M)
16.2.3.12

File size:
48.5 KB (49,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\nonsearchcomponent_offer_1.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:T/pT8mhxeQ/IkJTCxw+bzvDBnqb4WjXO3XJjCfUi73ZAjHVCq/AmrENCzG:DumhxebkJf+FTXJjCf33UHamfG

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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