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levelqualitywatcher32.exe

Adpeak, Inc.

Part of an Adpeak program that shows ads in the browser without providing information about the ad's origin. Ads are injected as banners or text-links in random web pages. The application levelqualitywatcher32.exe by Adpeak has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
Adpeak, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d8484d6c53ec9173bd3e8f38cf850a9d

SHA-1:
5624d8165018e754731dd26c08845a8818375421

SHA-256:
f715025b1b87b95a428f199ca52be72bf0cd1fac0fca12d40b3554d08ca0f161

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 8:19:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Adpeak
2015.0.3583

Boost by Reason
Optional.Adpeak.V
188838

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.Adpeak
8.9338

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Win32.Adpeak
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.175.10963

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Adpeak
v2014.01.25.05

McAfee
Artemis!D8484D6C53EC
5600.7239

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/Adpeak
1.165.247.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adpeak.V
14.8.7.17

Sophos
AdPeak
4.97

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Adpeak
25802

File size:
404.5 KB (414,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\level quality watcher\levelqualitywatcher32.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adpeak, Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/17/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2014 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN="Adpeak, Inc.", O="Adpeak, Inc.", L=Sarasota, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0E4C86026B3F1F3BDBEDF4DA58E8FF09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/2/2013 9:24:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:wPPGm26BqtTKx3LZE1sdpE3ej+3KVFGu84iZvrjBEDGPwAOW+oz3vBFwJd:wE6S0O1sPE3C+3KHGu8z9jBE2waDn6d

Entry address:
0x2CD4F

Entry point:
E8, BF, 1D, 01, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 40, FE, 45, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 8B, 55, 18, 53, 33, DB, 56, 57, 3B, D3, 7E, 1F, 8B, 45, 14, 8B, CA, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, C2, 2B, C1, 48, 3B, C2, 7D, 01, 40, 89, 45, 18, 89, 5D, F8, 39, 5D, 24, 75, 0B, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, 04, 89, 45, 24, 8B, 35, 50, 62, 44, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 28, 53, 53, FF, 75, 18, 0F, 95, C0, FF, 75, 14, 8D, 04, C5, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, FF, 75, 24, FF, D6, 8B, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.7243

Code size:
274 KB (280,576 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (52.216.64.168:80)

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