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updater21804.exe

Coupon Companion Plugin

Engaging 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 updater21804.exe, “Coupon Companion Plugin exe” by Engaging Apps has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered by a time event. This web browser addon will display additional advertisements in the user's browser including popup, banner, contextual hyperlinks as well as affiliate links.
Publisher:
Innovative Apps  (signed by Engaging Apps)

Product:
Coupon Companion Plugin

Description:
Coupon Companion Plugin exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
3bb55fdf479fe5669299b2fe8aea03be

SHA-1:
140b4baec9cdc1a02af12d8442ec44df516d8e14

SHA-256:
50c52c5deda4150552a2b621be4b3023e43aa00fdf26d5ace0ceda2cfe3ddc13

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Browser extension that injects additional advertisements (banner and text links) on web pages.

Analysis date:
6/23/2025 4:12:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (variant)
7.9124

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater26278.exe (Adware)
2013.12.25.14

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11755

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SolidSavings.A
v2014.07.10.01

McAfee
Artemis!04132ACAED2B
5600.7074

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.EngagingApps.M
14.8.7.21

Sophos
AppRider
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1231
7.2.191

VIPRE Antivirus
GamePlayLabs
23966

File size:
214.4 KB (219,528 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Coupon Companion Plugin.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updater21804\updater21804.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Engaging Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/4/2014 6:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
632EEBD9B987BC680D444D8675A26545

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/14/2013 5:52:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:FeGE+NVQ18CsQ08QD4UA4TuRIUhUei6JMqJCsfDnGnmG/osJ:YGPNtCt0X4UA4TuBhUei6JMqdmws

Entry address:
0x16881

Entry point:
E8, D5, 8F, 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, 92, E0, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 20, 46, 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, E0, B0, 42, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4611

Code size:
166 KB (169,984 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Updater21804.exe

Trigger:
Time (Next runs on 12/19/2013 at 6:51 PM)

Action:
updater21804.exe \extensionid=21804 \extensionname="coupon companio


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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