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SafeGuard

Alerts LLC

Part of an adware web browser extension that delivers advertisements such as coupons, price-comparisons, display media, affiliate links, banners, popups/popunders and other links. The application safeguard.exe by Alerts has been detected as adware by 2 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 i.vertitechnologygroup.com.
Publisher:
Alerts LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
SafeGuard

Description:
Application

Version:
2.0.0.0

MD5:
21333287f1a023fc417eded21b1f4e4b

SHA-1:
4664430aacc69a84ba0f9f8f357356f3c36411e8

SHA-256:
8f597ac68e0f021017b22569302a64ba8f35b1d032585ab080cdec6dc7ff2f1e

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 12:58:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3150

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Weather.Alerts.Installer (M)
15.10.21.17

File size:
388.7 KB (398,048 bytes)

Copyright:
Alerts LLC © 2014. All Rights Reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\5tuwl72y\safeguard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alerts LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/4/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/5/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Alerts LLC, O=Alerts LLC, STREET="101 Colorado St #2309", L=Austin, S=TX, PostalCode=78701, C=US

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

Serial number:
00A4FE74573C3AAF1867F4DF866A77B161

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):
6144:5e34jgdnQ3LagolNQf9mymLbf9FN9NdbEN7xByhjCNUbmVNlVCxT:Dgm2u90X9/ndEN7vYCiemJ

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:
7.9220

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://i.vertitechnologygroup.com/inst/software/92B13D25-0004-4CFA-97B3-FA8D32D15C70/.../safeguard.exe

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