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setup.exe

Ninja Loader

CLICK YES BELOW LP

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe, “Setup Application” by CLICK YES BELOW LP 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
CLICK YES BELOW LP  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ninja Loader

Description:
Setup Application

Version:
188.0.0.1703

MD5:
84902df378d4978262e35f9234a96f48

SHA-1:
5234a2034e84fb2db4228639041d0d7a08dc9542

SHA-256:
c7ce3a83b0bd541a6fc344df12896dbee65eb837d3b89a70e63dad98c43163aa

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 10:27:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize (M)
17.2.7.11

File size:
3 MB (3,169,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
© CLICK YES BELOW LP

Trademarks:
Ninja Loader is a trademark of CLICK YES BELOW LP

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CLICK YES BELOW LP

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/8/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/9/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CLICK YES BELOW LP, O=CLICK YES BELOW LP, STREET="SUITE 4366 MITCHELL HOUSE, 5 MITCHELL STREET", L=EDINBURGH, S=EDINBURGH, PostalCode=EH6 7BD, C=GB

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

Serial number:
338A735EDFACCD649E222FB8833DB63C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 12:40:26 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, D8, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 78, 4F, 43, 00, E8, FD, 2E, 00, 00, A3, C4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, D8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, C0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 68, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 56, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9932

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

http://cdn.ninjaloader.com/605.exe

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