study guide the crucible act iii__4934_il3170843.exe

VEB-TORG LLC

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 study guide the crucible act iii__4934_il3170843.exe by VEB-TORG 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:
VEB-TORG LLC  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.6.20

MD5:
0626f59bb85d922b6eb312647cb168e9

SHA-1:
5120f91f0ca25d9498303da939aab8769b644579

SHA-256:
405342ad08c78190b2e9c6c79b7ddba37406db86f2f02e58a03c44910a3e174a

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:
11/23/2024 8:07:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize.VEBTORG.Bundler (M)
16.5.24.9

File size:
550.7 KB (563,920 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.6.20

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\study guide the crucible act iii__4934_il3170843.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/30/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/1/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=VEB-TORG LLC, O=VEB-TORG LLC, L=Kharkiv, S=Kharkiv, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
604052A545280A8D8B948D1F1E302C33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2014 6:21:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:o8rSVLtRMm8AZJHAPFTIb4DUuCH3PQv/8JaZiJxVV+kY8u7GgBY:vrSVAAPHAdTIbNZ3m/8AirV1OY

Entry address:
0x11D8A

Entry point:
E8, E8, 69, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 9C, 5E, 3A, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, C7, 5E, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 11, 5D, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 7C, F3, FF, FF, 59, 59, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 01, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 9C, 5E, 3A, 00, FF, 15, EC, A0, 39, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 9C, 5E, 3A, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 7D, 5E, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C7, 5C, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 32, F3, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.4228

Code size:
163 KB (166,912 bytes)