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convertad.exe

The application convertad.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘ConvertAd’.
Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
799b1c19d93e785b8cecc2ac841ec85d

SHA-1:
75ad73e7ff249a50d13d961571300e6d399aeca0

SHA-256:
f87d17d0e4d0ae18f66e64fce0879dabbb773f43a8d7641653bb3a7d887d8d3c

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:00:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.906397
807

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.ConvertAd
7.1.1

AVG
Generic5
2015.0.3285

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.ConvertAd
4.0.3.141120

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.906397
1.0.20.1620

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.ConvertAd (variant)
8.10710

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/ConvertAd
11/20/2014

F-Secure
Application.Generic.906397
11.2014-20-11_5

G Data
Application.Generic.906397
14.11.24

Malwarebytes
Adware.CovertAds
v2014.11.20.01

McAfee
Artemis!799B1C19D93E
5600.6941

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.906397
15.0.0.972

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.ConvertAd.dijivm
0.28.6.62995

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.12.22.0

Sophos
Generic PUA HF
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34726

File size:
2 MB (2,101,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\convertad\convertad.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/28/2014 9:51:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:J4F8IKSBXmLW6id+Xr1Fa4vM08+2MbEg/SC3eNYkS4dST+sqJi5yCam:SKIKgmLW6iOpTvM08+5bEg/SCf4de+sc

Entry address:
0x144775

Entry point:
E8, AE, B8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, E8, 77, 5D, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, FF, B8, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, F0, 48, 54, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, 04...
 
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Entropy:
6.4686

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,531,904 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
ConvertAd

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\convertad\convertad.exe


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-93-4.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.93.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-22-174-247.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.22.174.247:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-45-48-151.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.45.48.151:80)

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