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PriceGong_20120322.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_20120322.exe, “PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool” by PriceGong Software has been detected as adware by 7 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 d22z5jqfvuej9a.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PriceGong  (signed by PriceGong Software Ltd)

Product:
PriceGong

Description:
PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool

Version:
2.6.4

MD5:
040277ce97d36d5335742b9157179c95

SHA-1:
6aed0b2717137e2ab10f63bd517924942b06d662

SHA-256:
194495c6e633783c155a3fab979b42429377f484793127c93d12bb259e8b91a1

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Displays offers (for product and services) of certain deals related to the search terms or context of a webpage which are popups outside the normal browser content.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:57:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Trojan.Adw.PriceGong.S
2013.8.29.0

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.327
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Win32.PriceGong.AMN
8.13.08.29.12

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/PriceGong
1.163.1557.0

Quick Heal
Adware.PriceGong (Not a Virus)
8.13.12.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.S
14.8.7.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0222
7.2.241

File size:
1.7 MB (1,823,880 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.4

Copyright:
PriceGong

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pricegong_20120322.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceGong Software Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
1/22/2015 3:59:59 PM

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:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:cRcrY12yprZBcAGrsIImTqxI7MMMGgbAuwP:cRF2EXcZsOqaMMM5SP

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:
7.9890

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file PriceGong_20120322.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://d22z5jqfvuej9a.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../PriceGong_20120322.exe

http://cdn.install.oibundles2.com/bundles/.../PriceGong_20120322.exe

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