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pfportchecker.exe

Portforward, LLC

The application pfportchecker.exe by Portforward has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Portforward, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
93bdea037c2094919f0a004c64a9ed22

SHA-1:
4af929b4ff483cfc939bb3eaf39a6ba8dec3dcf8

SHA-256:
502315b7f47d9c075a797417251e97c63d22e8372a22a4d65224a01c0cfa99f9

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 4:33:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.14
427

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Amonetize
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Trojan.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.14
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Amonetize-Q [PUP]
2014.9-151205

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.14
1.0.20.1695

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Amonetize.EQ
23002

Dr.Web
Trojan.Amonetize.3666
9.0.1.0339

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize.H potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12091

F-Prot
W32/Amonetize.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-05-12_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.14
15.12.25

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.208.16884

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2015.12.05.10

McAfee
Artemis!93BDEA037C20
5600.6561

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Amonetize.14
16.0.0.1017

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.deutbt
0.30.24.3079

Quick Heal
PUA.Amonetizel.Gen
12.15.14.00

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.3AL114
7.2.339

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.3AL114
10.465.05

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Amonetize.Win32.126
2.0.0.2351

File size:
643.1 KB (658,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Portforward, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/6/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/7/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Portforward, LLC", O="Portforward, LLC", STREET=3380 Riverbanks Rd., L=Grants Pass, S=OR, PostalCode=97527, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0082C14B9DF94DA5247E8AB7AED30A32CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LsBEkz+lrIMK5Pw+NdsI8X5ZzItmShhsHxRgoR2P5WP1A1W1od:LsgTNEwYqRlK5WP1A1ood

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, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9674

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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