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pfinst.exe

LXLJNKDNLBNYQY

The application pfinst.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 18 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.pmdownloadcdn.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
LXLJNKDNLBNYQY

Product:
LXLJNKDNLBNYQY

Version:
1.1.3.9

MD5:
a0179fd992f172e3ce2bf9ae5ce7f9af

SHA-1:
44ca7962e8a54bf098b266a1036bf75bcd9db49e

SHA-256:
7bed2e3001c28a7612414df196572dde5daee437717f3645e88f9979954a7903

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 3:04:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.292
604

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DealPlay
2015.06.09

Arcabit
Trojan.Adware.Symmi.292
1.0.0.425

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.DealPly
4.0.3.15610

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.292
1.0.20.805

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.292
8.15.06.10.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/DealPly.AC potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11753

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi
11.2015-10-06_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.292
15.6.25

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.DealPly
14.0.0.1907

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PriceFountain.A
v2015.06.10.03

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.292
16.0.0.483

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.06.10.03

Quick Heal
PUA.DealPly.01517
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.6.10.15

Sophos
DealPly Updater
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.PriceFountain/Variant
9822

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R070H09F815
7.2.161

File size:
2 MB (2,097,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.3.9

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 PriceFountain

Trademarks:
[12345678] [default:default] PriceFountain is a trademark or registered trademark in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Original file name:
pfinst.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\av check\pfinst.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/7/2015 9:03:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mspdvDBRCA3hAP/ozyliU36R8hw+V4K1x8eBihFPUIDrsdPGMeISYoild+qYOwS+:z1X3hAayliH+OUx+hFxCe4BJ5zPG

Entry address:
0x94756

Entry point:
E8, 5C, 7B, 01, 00, E9, 35, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 5B, C4, 4A, 00, E8, 60, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 14, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 98, D5, 4A, 00, E8, 41, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 5B, C4, 4A, 00, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 98, D5, 4A, 00, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.1223

Code size:
819.5 KB (839,168 bytes)

The file pfinst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://cdn.pmdownloadcdn.com/pricefountain/.../setup.exe

http://cdn.pmdownloadcdn.com.s3.amazonaws.com/pricefountain/.../pfinst.exe

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