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Deals Interactive Media, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The module helper.dll by Deals Interactive Media has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b473a8344e3d7c1ccd81dc3d254af329

SHA-1:
5194bc87bf077f873feb1681acf7005f12ae5db7

SHA-256:
b4ab347886e582fa8aa9131a732384d00b5e9558223b2d6d188f74ee5a18a11b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:43:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.7.16.20

File size:
1.2 MB (1,308,536 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\helper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Deals Interactive Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/1/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/2/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Deals Interactive Media, LLC", L=Houston, S=Texas, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
293C89819F1335C143553D8C2A0EF766

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2014 10:33:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rlnZf7KGX8QvfasTaX+3kU7BwaHdC03CBomb1kwPWSnUUA7/4VX75MVO:rDGGX1fasTaX+3kU993Ob1kcWSnUUS/C

Entry address:
0xD3C5D

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 17, DD, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, D1, 11, 10, E8, 64, 6A, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 58, DF, 12, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, A0, 23, 10, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.5921

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1016.5 KB (1,040,896 bytes)

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