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setup-converter.exe

AdPeak, Inc

This is the instaler for an an Adpeak program that shows ads in the browser without providing information about the ad's origin. Ads are injected as banners or text-links in random web pages. The application setup-converter.exe by AdPeak, Inc 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.
Publisher:
AdPeak, Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
650e60c98d5ffa1216b6dcd3d247f1b9

SHA-1:
41f2800c245c2f96054fae6cbcb249718c1c0cee

SHA-256:
fb1d992d90a0d5a29a55a7da8056437ee664a3a893124e0edb6803b6dab0c17d

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:
12/25/2024 4:48:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdPeak (M)
17.2.3.3

File size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup-converter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AdPeak, Inc

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2011 11:00:10 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2012 1:43:44 PM

Subject:
CN="AdPeak, Inc", O="AdPeak, Inc", L=Sarasota, S=FL, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0B871F1E83E3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:06 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.2137

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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