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pricegongef.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 pricegongef.exe, “PriceGong Comparative Shopping Tool” 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 Comparative Shopping Tool

Version:
10.6.8

MD5:
cdedef7d1e9c4addc46c52c8d10fb88e

SHA-1:
9e353429bfdacddfcc4ec6bd336effe3bf7af78a

SHA-256:
521c46d6fbb554f97253c0e2bb2d8f585411cbd8320e4320416d50e2eb38694d

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 6:51:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Day.B
7.11.122.50

Boost by Reason
Trojan.Adw.PriceGong.L
2013.8.8.21

Dr.Web
Adware.Shopper.327
9.0.1.0330

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceGong.L
14.8.7.17

File size:
698.1 KB (714,848 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.8

Copyright:
PriceGong

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pricegongef.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceGong Software Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/3/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 3:59:59 PM

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 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:twAbTiUJSx/VC4fwtqDJaQtTxDyM4YtibUn0Kr0JHBosq8XX9U+YbgzZCN:twAbTOx/oRcYQtd+MniY0Kr2hnXX+oo

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:
7.9564

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.pricegong.com/

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