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ads.exe

The application ads.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 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 d2baov6ticicd8.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
8c6177e8d4e5fa2d414f46d2ea558a86

SHA-1:
3076937d149aa94b87977e4819390af10ed5985e

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 8:59:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.AdLoad
4.0.3.15310

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-760447
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.508
9.0.1.069

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AllDaySavings.A
v2015.03.10.09

Norman
Suspicious_Gen4.HAHBW
11.20150310

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.7.21.2

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Win64.Agent
3.12.26.3

File size:
1.4 MB (1,433,036 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\ads.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 9:01:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/WLEi3ImrfSYGjhiGEfsyjlzI0FimfZf8XX7gFiereDjh:uYi3ImrqYZGEVjlz/Fimfp8XXMierw1

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:
7.9784

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file ads.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d2baov6ticicd8.cloudfront.net/.../ads.exe

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