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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 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.pricegong.com.
Publisher:
PriceGong  (signed by PriceGong Software Ltd)

Product:
PriceGong

Description:
PriceGong - Price Comparison

Version:
2.6.11

MD5:
2d679a3b8270569e0d49e1b915c03e9e

SHA-1:
7ab1dd6002bb64e436fe3fce896a68a40782c15a

SHA-256:
252cad351ff3180ef63c94abfcfa1fb8a371b48b193d6fcf2101a1ca16ecf93c

Scanner detections:
5 / 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 6:09:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.PriceGong.J
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.327
9.0.1.0202

ESET NOD32
Win32/PriceGong (variant)
8.9281

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PriceGong.A
v2014.07.21.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.J
14.8.7.17

File size:
701.5 KB (718,344 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.11

Copyright:
PriceGong

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

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):
12288:6WYcfmcfPPCUeGmQdg2psYE63XHe57pkb1wNjNi3fgynAUdqWlsZ:6WhfQ6mFZ6n6kY8fZxqf

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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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://inst.pricegong.com/inst/.../PriceGong.exe

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