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updater19962.exe

Supreme Savings

Excellent Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application updater19962.exe, “Supreme Savings exe” by Excellent Apps has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered by a time event. While running, it connects to the Internet address geoplugin.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
215 Apps  (signed by Excellent Apps)

Product:
Supreme Savings

Description:
Supreme Savings exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
79772a928227a919669a98ecc1de360d

SHA-1:
eb55e31e38533d1f4455969e4816e995f8cb598c

SHA-256:
4a94a84ea25b9fd45be3bbd777c4618c527e5ed6782cdd5d051868a40ea969a8

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 10:36:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
370

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.16131

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
1.0.20.155

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.88
9.0.1.031

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
8.16.01.31.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.C potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-3c0216a1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
11.2016-31-01_1

G Data
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
16.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14254

McAfee
Artemis!F9644013723E
5600.6504

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
17.0.0.93

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Plugin.cqzpgj
0.28.6.63850

Norman
Gen:Application.Heur.mq1@kq4WL6gi
11.20160131

Reason Heuristics
Trojan.MyStart.50OnRed (M)
16.1.31.11

Sophos
PUA 'AppRider' (of type Adware)
58

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1H05J714
7.2.31

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4736651
35418

File size:
205.4 KB (210,312 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Supreme Savings.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updater19962\updater19962.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Excellent Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Excellent Apps, O=Excellent Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6D2FB6375D3A8788B735FEDBD060732B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/15/2013 5:01:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:S/2e1jiykkaE5dKvKJZltWRkWTpJitu8xQAei7MxNEndGM/f6:/e9iykqZvlt4k8Jkn+Aei7MxvMC

Entry address:
0x15B31

Entry point:
E8, 95, 83, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, 22, E2, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 20, 26, 43, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 8B, 55, 18, 53, 33, DB, 56, 57, 3B, D3, 7E, 1F, 8B, 45, 14, 8B, CA, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, C2, 2B, C1, 48, 3B, C2, 7D, 01, 40, 89, 45, 18, 89, 5D, F8, 39, 5D, 24, 75, 0B, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, 04, 89, 45, 24, 8B, 35, 6C, 90, 42, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4682

Code size:
158 KB (161,792 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Updater19962.exe

Trigger:
Time


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to geoplugin.net  (178.237.36.10:80)

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