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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 Comparative Shopping Tool” by PriceGong Software 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
PriceGong  (signed by PriceGong Software Ltd)

Product:
PriceGong

Description:
PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool

Version:
2.6.4

MD5:
5f17e11e8a8539037ba5024c2f121882

SHA-1:
9196c58456436ecb3b0028ee62924927776c57ce

SHA-256:
d040ea490675b569ad75d8337146085182077bcabe9242f1a3c8ec92cc1a1cd4

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
12/24/2024 2:19:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong (M)
16.10.17.1

File size:
1.7 MB (1,823,928 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.4

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):
24576:KBmCS7zpRP7HeWZjlVNq2ZOj3jXChgNEay8QUXrQ+2pXpw/Eevgsr21QFDW525Hm:6IG4vZ+TCh2ly8Q5pZwMeYM2wDFypt

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)

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