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Finance Alert

Valid Applications

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 setup_.exe, “Finance Alert Installer” by Valid Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Valid Applications  (signed and verified)

Product:
Finance Alert

Description:
Finance Alert Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
d96a9295977c6937f2c962f1c5bb8fc3

SHA-1:
479964ff504739c61c252c2f5540e1194d159832

SHA-256:
1d62b137f7bec148db3b3dba377e7ad45e75407ed3c6a2f72e4a036d7a5cec06

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
6/23/2025 5:33:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.10.29.1

File size:
4.1 MB (4,324,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Valid Applications 2015

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\installer\setup_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Valid Applications

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/15/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/20/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Valid Applications, O=Valid Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
77EC37EEE1E5112777E0776C7062CA74

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/10/2015 10:56:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:SB8HREodoHcXampqVCg+CnaI8HbFhJUTqp1+zOWj3Ek:SSxte8XamECg8JhJU2ntU

Entry address:
0x4040EE

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.9783

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
4 MB (4,203,008 bytes)

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