setup.exe

Ninja Loader

CLICK YES BELOW LP

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe, “Setup Application” by CLICK YES BELOW LP has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Amonetize Downloader 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:
CLICK YES BELOW LP  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ninja Loader

Description:
Setup Application

Version:
167.0.0.1703

MD5:
47658d8d68fb931c59cf68cbafed03cd

SHA-1:
e0994ae85de8de8c2f2fd81acd11c5fd051a0771

SHA-256:
c707872f9d5ff9d22642a867848af736ed575e1f9933e34c4f17f7fa5a699da0

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:28:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize (M)
17.3.2.14

File size:
2.9 MB (2,992,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
© CLICK YES BELOW LP

Trademarks:
Ninja Loader is a trademark of CLICK YES BELOW LP

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/8/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/9/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CLICK YES BELOW LP, O=CLICK YES BELOW LP, STREET="SUITE 4366 MITCHELL HOUSE, 5 MITCHELL STREET", L=EDINBURGH, S=EDINBURGH, PostalCode=EH6 7BD, C=GB

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

Serial number:
338A735EDFACCD649E222FB8833DB63C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2014 9:40:26 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, D8, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 78, 4F, 43, 00, E8, FD, 2E, 00, 00, A3, C4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, D8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, C0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 68, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 56, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9926

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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