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Advanced Fix

Ideakee Inc

The application af_cleaner.exe, “Advanced Fix Setup ” by Ideakee Inc 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from fixpcdllexe.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Advanced Fix, Inc.   (signed by Ideakee Inc)

Product:
Advanced Fix

Description:
Advanced Fix Setup

Version:
3.1.3.169

MD5:
46fd56c2e083cb05835efaf3a02d4715

SHA-1:
a115e04c03439e8555518cd0dd14e383aad7e9fa

SHA-256:
90a2bd3cb392f7a559303ca3e8d71e8cd8f7e35e7dee4b26fbf0c86f27400e70

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:
12/28/2024 7:16:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Ideakee.Installer (M)
16.4.15.21

File size:
2.5 MB (2,587,080 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.3.169

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2010 - 2016 Advanced Fix, Inc

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ideakee Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/11/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ideakee Inc, O=Ideakee Inc, STREET="1104# Asphodel Pavilion,Hengxiang Garden 18 LIjiangRoad", L=Guilin, S=Guangxi, PostalCode=541004, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BFB37ABE3F235073942F877A67382940

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2011 10:22:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:1991RvGWtAZ1by1e92RVtC2OjBLQK+M+pMF+q/Q8pvMGGTUZBXVq8wl:nLRvGUAZ1Ge9srC2kL2MpB/QGvS6BXJm

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B0, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 4E, EC, FF, FF, E8, F5, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, AC, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, AC, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file af_cleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://fixpcdllexe.com/AF_cleaner.exe

http://www.wooutilities.com/woo-download.php?id=3

http://www.pcfileinfo.com/download-ad.php

http://www.pcmaxutilities.com/pacmax.php?id=1

http://www.fixpcdllexe.com/.../download-install1.php

http://www.errorguides.com/.../download-install.php

http://fixpcdllexe.com/.../download-install1.php

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