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pricegong.exe

PriceGong Software Ltd

It is part of PriceGong, a web browser extension designed to show competative prices based on the context of the products being displayed in the user's web browser. The application pricegong.exe, “PriceGong - Price Comparison” by PriceGong Software has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pricegong.com.
Publisher:
PriceGong  (signed by PriceGong Software Ltd)

Product:
PriceGong

Description:
PriceGong - Price Comparison

Version:
10.6.13

MD5:
cebb7fa27e8bb6e3e430aa018d0e1a0c

SHA-1:
45705e60d0a0558eecb27c4652379e73d829a6d4

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Displays offers (for product and services) of certain deals related to the search terms or context of a webpage which are popups outside the normal browser content.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:55:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.327
9.0.1.0205

ESET NOD32
Win32/PriceGong.A potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11956

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PriceGong.A
v2015.07.24.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.Installer (M)
15.7.24.12

File size:
302.9 KB (310,120 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.13

Copyright:
PriceGong

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceGong Software Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PriceGong Software Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PriceGong Software Ltd, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
3E14F71A0038C4E90BB8AAE1500BB078

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Ee34N8ryzW2MsOALeVbCqx8C94j86j50+cpnCAEDb0Vl:MhpORt+C94Tj50tED6l

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8445

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.pricegong.com/Download.aspx

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