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discount_dragon.exe

Enchanted Apps

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application discount_dragon.exe by Enchanted Apps 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from updatesrv-a.akamaihd.net.
Publisher:
Enchanted Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
79d84965eb890a9f4840c37b28232d1a

SHA-1:
c1d3bc4bf4543d32d366e679dd6e3ac44530bf88

SHA-256:
a13a08806f79492b5f210f6378c45d68b642471d8f1b0a8d2cdd68baa8cb01f7

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:
12/24/2024 11:59:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed (M)
17.2.3.13

File size:
1 MB (1,080,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\discount_dragon.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Enchanted Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/5/2014 1:59:59 AM

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

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

Serial number:
0AD2FFB9C41506FA798B6D0457ECFD21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 4:01:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

https://updatesrv-a.akamaihd.net/.../.eJxFjdsKAyEMRP8lz7KotBT8mSXVVEKsgrEXWPrvzds-DZw5wxywUAUScNeFrdEEB2-ayqMbDZvfog8XH2Ow4pTSmi9yQN-1czGxsxRk5MLMo1qKkOTnkFxzIczneH80rAopXIOD-xwftTdIt98fjZEu_w.bD92WJ4ynEGiKDODCYsIG6KgnN4

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