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audacityinstaller.exe

Nextup

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application audacityinstaller.exe by Nextup has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.amazing-sw.com.
Publisher:
Nextup  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.29

MD5:
26a5959213190b55382751899f73bac9

SHA-1:
02119e86c4b563edf5b008020fc4136659374f05

SHA-256:
2886fac393a71d875a6a80cd1587b0337a122dd0ace09a2a7f226ba586f24532

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
11/5/2024 8:11:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.202.56

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
150102-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3226

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.15117

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Verti.JBT
20751

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Nextup
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14671

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti
15.0.0.543

Norman
Agent.BKBXY
11.20150117

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.01.17.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Nextup
15.1.17.22

Sophos
PUA 'NextUp'
5.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786530
36694

File size:
366.7 KB (375,496 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.29

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nextup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Nextup, O=Nextup, STREET=10900 NE 8TH ST, STREET=STE 1000, L=Bellevue, S=WA, PostalCode=98004, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C705E6F899AC0C37A4458683DB2745BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/16/2015 9:05:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:uEFkewG6FOHpf8hfuXTHFTSyI4dRLsgXI1W7wV+ZX1VPb7q6sy26mCJ41R/U20i:ugkeccJ0hfwHFTRzjLsgXI1WUV+9PRsN

Entry address:
0x16DFB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, EE, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8509

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

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

http://inst.amazing-sw.com/dl/92/12249/1034/.../

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