mrcp paces books.rar__3038_i514443761_il206745.exe

The application mrcp paces books.rar__3038_i514443761_il206745.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Amonetize Downloader 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.
Version:
1.1.5.90

MD5:
7a40097fddf929ebb01f951a39fb64e9

SHA-1:
7360216b9a6794e6bb3d91264838ee30193ec682

SHA-256:
d1087d3fef1c619474739fdfa3b7fe46dc9cae9a6b0cb6eb64cfd5d0eaceb072

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:32:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Amonetize
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Amonetiz
14.06.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.141.34

avast!
Win32:Amonetize-AM [PUP]
2014.9-140622

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.14622

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18041

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize.AJ (variant)
8.9632

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Amonetize
6/22/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11652

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Amonetize
14.0.0.3674

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize.A
v2014.06.22.06

McAfee
Artemis!7A40097FDDF9
5600.7092

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.932
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.6.22.6

Sophos
Amonetize
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0401
7.2.173

VIPRE Antivirus
Amonetize
27988

File size:
343 KB (351,232 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.5.90

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mrcp paces books.rar__3038_i514443761_il206745.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/1/2014 4:53:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:xpM14hNHaNTmjn/2P0qH3Y+1BdLWO+NYeUDOYgBbsEMUQ9Xp1L/0Bhv:xpM14hJaNT+n/2PbH3Y+fdLnKBwEMUQQ

Entry address:
0x29B91

Entry point:
E8, C6, 97, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 53, 56, 8B, 44, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, C8, 8B, 5C, 24, 14, 8B, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, D1, E9, D1, DB, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, C9, 75, F4, F7, F3, 8B, F0, F7, 64, 24, 18, 8B, C8, 8B, 44, 24, 14, F7, E6, 03, D1, 72, 0E, 3B, 54, 24, 10, 77, 08, 72, 07, 3B, 44, 24, 0C, 76, 01, 4E, 33, D2, 8B, C6, 5E, 5B, C2, 10, 00, 57, 8B, C6, 83, E0, 0F, 85, C0, 0F...
 
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Entropy:
6.4418

Code size:
244.5 KB (250,368 bytes)

The file mrcp paces books.rar__3038_i514443761_il206745.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.