ions in solution- basic principles of chemical interactions_10924_i14278479_il345.exe

The application ions in solution- basic principles of chemical interactions_10924_i14278479_il345.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
MD5:
959e57f1f37950c1f33a655dfc486f1c

SHA-1:
8717a00f574c709a035109fd382c6fae3471e2c5

SHA-256:
76e33e11e8e0c0afb9e93e186e71f97737a28a9fc00652709c8a9dfb35233c7e

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

Analysis date:
1/9/2025 8:04:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/AgentCV.A.119
7.11.201.74

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3229

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.15114

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Amonetize-511
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
infected with Trojan.Amonetize.353
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize.CW potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
NSIS.Application.Crypted
15.1.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize
14.0.0.2642

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2015.01.14.01

McAfee
Artemis!8F00B3F9F161
5600.6885

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Amonetize.dmftuw
0.30.0.64448

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.01.14.01

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Adpeak.c!1075356117
23.00.65.15112

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.28D9CDA2
7.2.14

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.28D9CDA2
10.465.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4657539
36504

File size:
284.5 KB (291,323 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ions in solution- basic principles of chemical interactions_10924_i14278479_il345.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 8:40:26 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:YGC7W7BU5dMqKGqcUz9PbWgPSkhZkSAcO6nXI0Vl9kdAjJg7hl2/c:qa7guqKGqP9DnKkhZkXiDtnNc

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, D8, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 78, 4F, 43, 00, E8, FD, 2E, 00, 00, A3, C4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, D8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, C0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 68, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 56, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9168

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file ions in solution- basic principles of chemical interactions_10924_i14278479_il345.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.