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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.
Publisher:
PriceMeter  (signed and verified)

Product:
PriceMeter

Version:
1.0.5.8

MD5:
8a8edcfdd45b2fbc9b0e8f932fa169ba

SHA-1:
a7e8162317038b3e83d98a553e280c289abd0b47

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:
12/23/2024 7:02:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PriceMeter (M)
17.1.20.8

File size:
829.5 KB (849,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.8

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\pricemeter\pricemeter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PriceMeter

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/13/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/14/2015 5:29:59 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 4:05:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

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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Entropy:
6.1263

Code size:
505 KB (517,120 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
pricemetertask

Path:
C:\windows\Tasks\pricemetertask.job

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 11:55 AM)


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