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PriceMeter

The application pricemeter.exe by PriceMeter has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named pricemetertask triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program Price Meter (remove only) by installCore which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address rc2.las.dmtracker.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
PriceMeter  (signed and verified)

Product:
PriceMeter

Version:
1.0.5.8

MD5:
4e2f84884188c3bd77adac09f70fa171

SHA-1:
434fe6414d55e89d2979cc3120de9890f5c1ab26

SHA-256:
2d45b4d7f81194f08d55c746717a62b40a301758131a54018f54addfa832e7f8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/22/2024 8:17:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceMeter.Task.K
14.9.30.13

File size:
829.5 KB (849,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.8

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\pricemeter\pricemeter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceMeter

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/13/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/14/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PriceMeter, O=PriceMeter, STREET=63 Rotchild Blvd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
3BC5844507FA9A5E38487A5D679A8EB9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2014 2:35:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7dYWkUdX4fkxygifS9fR9XIqajqZclGPch2:xi8x04ch2

Entry address:
0x5E8C6

Entry point:
E8, C9, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, FF, 35, C8, 98, 49, 00, FF, 15, A4, 01, 48, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, C5, 95, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, 94, 13, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, AB, 13, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 53, A1, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, E2, 51, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8D, 4D, F0, C7, 45, FC, 6C, 44, 48, 00, E8, 54, 34, 00, 00, 68, 38, DC, 48, 00, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 64, 44, 48, 00, E8, 43, 46...
 
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Code size:
505 KB (517,120 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
pricemetertask

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 23:42)


The file pricemeter.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Price Meter (remove only)  by installCore
The Pricemeter ad-supported program injects advertisements with its affiliate ad providers in order to serve a number of ad types including banner, inline text links and popups.
support.pricemeter.net
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to rc2.las.dmtracker.com  (69.64.147.242:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-218-182.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.218.182:80)

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