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packagetracker.exe

Alot.com

The application packagetracker.exe by Alot.com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from media.alotimg.com.
Publisher:
Alot.com  (signed and verified)

MD5:
87ce83c520139fbb9008e58f56981f52

SHA-1:
a3c8c4743714b663777f4ff843b29568ac03cc42

SHA-256:
0e5b520ee36a1a07a980392823728ac8c7e630ee48e358ce895f2c1012ed4c16

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 7:27:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Alot.Installer (M)
15.8.7.3

File size:
342.6 KB (350,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\packagetracker.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alot.com

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Alot.com, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Alot.com, L=New York, S=New York, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0EBE0040F9558F86569F54286EF65398

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:TsKvbd1gJSxe/9qau0eo4gJ98k5MTZxjg3T+CaIVQDRbbYEoew2A:bDngJSMzft4gJ98LA6aCFbwYA

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9563

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://media.alotimg.com/.../packagetracker.exe

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