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prepreinstaller_win.exe

The application prepreinstaller_win.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dm8f7nsnj8uw1.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
3c00abfe335a452647d576635bca9a84

SHA-1:
119465a1191c39d33ae7d4236f74002eb3da8e27

SHA-256:
f1e23f75024851446c640b48598edd7595a70ecf52b7ad3e55b62a6e5e6ca6b7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 12:37:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Amonetize.Installer
16.2.28.6

File size:
212.5 KB (217,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\prepreinstaller_win.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2016 11:03:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:wK6lKEPP6LZ1q3/gjUv3T+1YbAYsOs9nCn:N6cEUMycRs9nCn

Entry address:
0x1184A

Entry point:
E8, 26, 3B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 5C, A2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 6C, A0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, FF, 35, B8, 38, 42, 00, FF, 15, 54, A0, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D2, 30, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 81, 3B, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, 46, 3B, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

The file prepreinstaller_win.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://dm8f7nsnj8uw1.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

http://d2xyilq8tojsa4.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

http://ddnmom68doto5.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

http://113.171.224.210/.../prepreinstaller_win.exe

http://dm66z9a6d4fcx.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

http://d3esux1vr4m94x.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

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