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adkads.exe

The application adkads.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1s8azhe8rpvoz.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
f0cca018540ec021f212869ec14b61c7

SHA-1:
221750e92f9c6d2afa79de6154785ade83324394

SHA-256:
971db9ddcd72a65267f789b181dd5f76ffc0780fd19beb9f75b65960b39fd7da

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 5:07:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Generickd-194
0.98/21411

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.7.13.5

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0709
7.2.194

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Win64.Agent
3.12.26.3

File size:
1.4 MB (1,432,783 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adkads.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 5:01:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YHDEXCKLFB8TUNiLoTcZyllBL26/7G6q+uaZHYglben1FVx7/rZVWOjA:EEXCKL8TUNicTcmrKBHgHYglbenPLjrG

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9779

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file adkads.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://d1s8azhe8rpvoz.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../adkads.exe

http://drzwu57ht9dxd.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../adkads.exe

http://d1t653m828c3x8.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../adkads.exe

http://dm930xmxv1gqs.cloudfront.net/bundles/.../adkads.exe

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