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updater35842.exe

Coupon Alerts

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 updater35842.exe, “Coupon Alerts exe” by Engaging Apps 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 triggered by a time event.
Publisher:
Innovative Apps  (signed by Engaging Apps)

Product:
Coupon Alerts

Description:
Coupon Alerts exe

Version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

MD5:
8665aabd46d4f494ea5712f628c7729e

SHA-1:
7eeaf447f2c3da5dd52cb558003f906d63180555

SHA-256:
9ef5f92292829c9c4bcf275393f2bcc0ad5d9adb79108dfe69c3da8fbb111dbb

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:
4/25/2024 7:46:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.EngagingApps (M)
16.1.20.9

File size:
214.4 KB (219,528 bytes)

Product version:
1000.1000.1000.1000

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
Coupon Alerts.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\updater35842\updater35842.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Engaging Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/3/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/4/2014 4:59:59 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 3:52:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:9eGE+NVQ18CsQ08QD4UA4TuRIUhUei6JMqJCsfDnGnmG/osp:QGPNtCt0X4UA4TuBhUei6JMqdmws

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:
6.4600

Code size:
166 KB (169,984 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Updater35842.exe

Trigger:
Time


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