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pricegong.exe

PriceGong Software Ltd

It is part of PriceGong, a web browser extension designed to show competative prices based on the context of the products being displayed in the user's web browser. The application pricegong.exe, “PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool” by PriceGong Software has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pricegong.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PriceGong  (signed by PriceGong Software Ltd)

Product:
PriceGong

Description:
PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool

Version:
10.6.8

MD5:
1615f0bcf91207748c07e48b979b1d4a

SHA-1:
dfcd69a5fe47b2c4ee52e857b0b9f051e90b9882

SHA-256:
180fa1701502c94509bf231a2ac56aa8f68267d69e6a6a033f58c0b6aa5d37fe

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:20:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Day.DK
7.11.109.252

Boost by Reason
Optional.PriceGong.J
188838

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17417

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.327
9.0.1.0363

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Win32.PriceGong.AMN
8.13.12.29.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Conduit (variant)
7.9155

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/PriceGong
1.163.1557.0

Quick Heal
Adware.PriceGong (Not a Virus)
12.13.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.J
14.8.7.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0209
7.2.363

File size:
4.4 MB (4,580,608 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.8

Copyright:
PriceGong

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceGong Software Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PriceGong Software Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PriceGong Software Ltd, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3E14F71A0038C4E90BB8AAE1500BB078

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 1:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Nf0mt4+4G/vDH75kS+tym0vu+/DLjRVGxsN6EFcxYmfEBkjCWfJ:BFdvDt1gKHDLjRxLFWEB0TJ

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9980

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file pricegong.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.pricegong.com/uninstall2.aspx?affid=wledge&subaffid=-

http://www.pricegong.com/uninstall2.aspx?affid=sweetim&subaffid=-

http://www.pricegong.com/uninstall2.aspx

http://www.pricegong.com/uninstall2.aspx?affid=nosibay&subaffid=

http://inst.pricegong.com/Inst/dist-1/.../PriceGong.exe

http://www.pricegong.com/uninstall2.aspx?affid=wledge&subaffid=

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