aa_v3.exe

Ammyy Admin

Ammyy

The application aa_v3.exe by Ammyy 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 separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Ammyy Admin”. While running, it connects to the Internet address pacific1385.us.unmetered.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Ammyy LLC  (signed by Ammyy)

Product:
Ammyy Admin

Version:
3.0

MD5:
37bfdf0130b347c6120bfa79dad8870f

SHA-1:
e47cd27e9ee7069912d45887bf724645306bc29d

SHA-256:
eab444da102a3598f4ed0d56af8306f3b846f26f948242b29939dd595c416d70

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:
12/25/2024 1:54:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ammyy (M)
17.2.6.12

File size:
798.3 KB (817,427 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

Original file name:
AMMYY_Admin.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2011 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/3/2012 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ammyy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ammyy, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, C=RU

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:
5F442BEEED4174761DED2A9AEF47DE90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2012 6:51:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x76E9E

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, B0, 18, 48, 00, 68, 40, 70, 47, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, F0, D4, 47, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 98, AC, 4A, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 9C, AC, 4A, 00, FF, FF, 15, EC, D4, 47, 00, 8B, 0D, 80, AC, 4A, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, E8, D4, 47, 00, 8B, 0D, 7C, AC, 4A, 00, 89, 08, A1, E4, D4, 47, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 94, AC, 4A, 00, E8, BF, E8, FA, FF, 39, 1D, E0, 35, 4A, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 6A, 70, 47, 00, FF, 15, E0, D4...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
496 KB (507,904 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Ammyy Admin

Service name:
AmmyyAdmin

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to pacific1385.us.unmetered.com  (209.239.123.75:443)

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