coupondropdown-bg.exe

CouponDropDown

Awesome Apps

This is part of a distribution package that is classified as adware distributed by 50onRed. This adware is used to interact with the installed web browsers and inject ads and modify the default search and homepages. The application coupondropdown-bg.exe, “CouponDropDown exe” by Awesome Apps has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program CouponDropDown by 215 Apps which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
215 Apps  (signed by Awesome Apps)

Product:
CouponDropDown

Description:
CouponDropDown exe

Version:
1.1.151.41

MD5:
0044aca6bf515da49206bea80e509a19

SHA-1:
4bf3a382327b48258fe27d0538106419e4f03dd7

SHA-256:
d16b08b20aaedb0dae07d10a6d7e342db7398b1c1dc81d791e85bf6bc848f94c

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:
11/5/2024 8:24:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
17.2.16.10

File size:
886.4 KB (907,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.151.41

Copyright:
Copyright 2011

Original file name:
CouponDropDown.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\coupondropdown\coupondropdown-bg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/28/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Awesome Apps, O=Awesome Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3D0C9CCF6A7D44B9FDA1963A424319BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2012 6:20:38 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x823C9

Entry point:
E8, 30, A8, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 2D, A4, 03, 00, 00, 74, 22, 83, E8, 04, 74, 17, 83, E8, 0D, 74, 0C, 48, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, B8, 04, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 12, 04, 00, 00, C3, B8, 04, 08, 00, 00, C3, B8, 11, 04, 00, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 8B, F0, 68, 01, 01, 00, 00, 33, FF, 8D, 46, 1C, 57, 50, E8, 77, D7, FF, FF, 33, C0, 0F, B7, C8, 8B, C1, 89, 7E, 04, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 0C, C1, E1, 10, 0B, C1, 8D, 7E, 10, AB, AB, AB, B9, 78, A0, 4D, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8D, 46, 1C, 2B, CE, BF, 01, 01, 00, 00, 8A, 14, 01...
 
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Entropy:
6.5462

Code size:
739.5 KB (757,248 bytes)

The file coupondropdown-bg.exe has been discovered within the following program.

CouponDropDown  by 215 Apps
Coupon Drop Down from 215 Apps installs a web browser plugin that displays coupon deals and other advertisements when users visit various online shopping sites.
coupondropdown.com
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