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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 14 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 and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Nextup  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.19

MD5:
6c2b32cd23d0ccb18ac8d5dabc10d58c

SHA-1:
377d4ce2ce798de5edfd10c56df87d35d0ea6e74

SHA-256:
1794548a742ea9d8135bc286d33380691f9807169980846ba971a28c4b39bd5d

Scanner detections:
14 / 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 8:11:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Verti.360648
7.11.183.134

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-141110

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3295

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Verti
4.0.3.141110

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10682

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Verti
11/10/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.Nextup
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Verti
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13930

McAfee
Artemis!6C2B32CD23D0
5600.6951

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Verti.didber
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Nextup.R
14.11.10.1

Sophos
NextUp
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
34566

File size:
352.2 KB (360,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.19

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:
5/21/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/22/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
10/30/2014 7:30:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zJaW0HdNwQx/i0Bzng3PHIfTPPfzk1xo1A1+B/9AyrVoCvAdQ7wfU2bo1:zJDOwQxc36PPfzuxoS1w/9JrLIxfU2bO

Entry address:
0x169440

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, A0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, 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:
7.8181

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

Code size:
320 KB (327,680 bytes)

The file audacityinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://inst.amazing-sw.com/dl/92/14999/1034/.../

http://inst.amazing-sw.com/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

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