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pricegong_v3.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_v3.exe by PriceGong Software has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.ibryte.com.
Publisher:
PriceGong Software Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
36e9a9447e4cf0ba746d6e07151f41dc

SHA-1:
43de29aaa9669339edd0d845263c41638fbce945

SHA-256:
d98af66c9caf539a1e6ac491715a57cdb10dfe1b714eb701fdf5bdd182f219d0

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
4/29/2024 4:27:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/PriceGong
1.163.1557.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.M
14.8.7.17

File size:
434.9 KB (445,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\pricegong_v3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceGong Software Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/23/2009 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2012 10:59:59 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 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
207C2CB4DF022642C1BE5855254B1D92

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/22/2009 6:46:39 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:y+np4xIjKXVC0hQSBDCYy/N0zb8h7rZPAsoFmnDO0btL1d6XRz88XovLXs3HL6Dp:4XNucDCYYefZmnC0btL6hz8Bv7s3L6Dp

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, ED, 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:
7.9145

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file pricegong_v3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.ibryte.com/bundles/.../pricegong_v3.exe

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