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Nugget Find

The application mp.exe by Nugget Find has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.aresultshub.com.
Publisher:
Nugget Find  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5737.20513

MD5:
a825ca3bf04c3d71329ff2c356849a4b

SHA-1:
987b308e61025f0bc35476ff1f1829e8d020a7f8

SHA-256:
c318c633dcf7d5278821fd0d5f121ed79fcba2b12c125b8105e09a7075d0a95e

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 7:13:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.09.25

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.2.2

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-725
0.98/20933

F-Prot
W32/S-b9d4ead5
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.210.17326

File size:
93.1 KB (95,312 bytes)

Product version:
2015.09.16

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\mp.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nugget Find

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Nugget Find, O=Nugget Find, L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
25F51209A0AA21779164695A19C702DF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2014 7:58:31 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:afnsOk/cIDnj8F/oBS9CqLg7zru0tb2FY8ayAfcwARkjGIVJFt:On3AcILRBS9Cp7HbcY8mh1t

Entry address:
0x31E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 6C, 44, 00, E8, 1B, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 6B, 44, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2B, 44, 00, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 57, E8, FB, 23, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6421

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://cdn.aresultshub.com/.../mp?mpt=8&v=1.0.5737.20513

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