acquaintance__5008_il392244.exe

KOMPANIYA КRЕАТА LLC

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application acquaintance__5008_il392244.exe by KOMPANIYA КRЕАТА has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
KOMPANIYA КRЕАТА LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.5.86

MD5:
80964a654c7049e99f4e5629dab116a4

SHA-1:
1cfd53570780c324a36a8b599716e261e0926547

SHA-256:
e4e35a3e049d2971c5312decf21e0171640b38c8b0f50cea0b1d66092333db3b

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 12:08:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize.Bundler
17.2.23.7

File size:
343.2 KB (351,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.5.86

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\acquaintance__5008_il392244.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/15/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/16/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=KOMPANIYA КRЕАТА LLC, O=KOMPANIYA КRЕАТА LLC, L=Kharkiv, S=Kharkiv, C=UA

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

Serial number:
04CA5D77531C0E61E4DE2CB0E6E4B5B2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2014 5:03:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x14C32

Entry point:
E8, E8, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 3C, 8E, 3F, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, C8, 59, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 12, 58, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 10, F6, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 3C, 8E, 3F, 00, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
7.4417

Code size:
116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

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