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PriceMeter

The application pricemeterw.exe by PriceMeter has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named pricemeterwatcher triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program Price Meter (remove only) by installCore which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
PriceMeter  (signed and verified)

Product:
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Description:
PriceMeterW

Version:
1.0.7.5

MD5:
269d066d41b631b1f22936248e80354f

SHA-1:
a23c3e0bcc20cae4b50df2860720e6fe9581278e

SHA-256:
ff49775477a6e96a1eee16eb4c81e7a7853c2d4359a025c2fa5aa6b68f6bbb5a

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:
5/10/2024 9:23:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.21.14

File size:
302 KB (309,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.7.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
pricemeterw.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\pricemeter\pricemeterw.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceMeter

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/13/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/14/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PriceMeter, O=PriceMeter, STREET=63 Rotchild Blvd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3BC5844507FA9A5E38487A5D679A8EB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2014 3:35:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x10F0F

Entry point:
E8, 4B, 28, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 5C, E9, 43, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, F0, C0, 43, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 5C, E9, 43, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00...
 
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Code size:
181.5 KB (185,856 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
pricemeterwatcher

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 0:00)


The file pricemeterw.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Price Meter (remove only)  by installCore
The Pricemeter ad-supported program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups.
support.pricemeter.net
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