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zombiealert_0104_ca-90bac96f.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application zombiealert_0104_ca-90bac96f.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address update.betterxperience.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a72c6fd85fa0545dd2c42be7344bffad

SHA-1:
3b3bb800e0d6f357defcf3cc072129b6dd71aac4

SHA-256:
760b438b2cbe0d18e7aafbeba1013c1cf3feaaff92f5e2da528f9e3d14b22dd5

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:40:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AgentCV.3135208
7.11.150.126

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141023

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18303

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.128
9.0.1.0296

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
8.9822

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SaMon
10/23/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12128

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.3056

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ZombieAlert.A
v2014.10.23.08

McAfee
Artemis!A72C6FD85FA0
5600.6968

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PullUpdate.cwiqgd
0.28.0.59921

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.SaMon.g5 (Not a Virus)
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CreativeIslandMedia.CC
14.10.23.20

Sophos
Generic PUA GJ
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0402
7.2.296

Vba32 AntiVirus
TScope.Trojan.MSIL
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
29398

File size:
3 MB (3,135,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\zombiealert_0104_ca-90bac96f.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:cNV83ho42AtQNb5YqAdAPXMytN4OwpnlrEiiCcdY35GVsebGOC:co3hBRqFSqlfMLdllrEiNc235K7bfC

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9732

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.betterxperience.com  (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.pullupdate.com  (54.230.15.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.betterxperience.com  (54.230.13.123:80)

 
http://d.betterxperience.com/updater/dedu.txt

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