| download: | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe |
| Full analysis: | https://app.any.run/tasks/de5d14f0-fc03-45e7-b602-5687d6cc5523 |
| Verdict: | Malicious activity |
| Threats: | Adware is a form of malware that targets users with unwanted advertisements, often disrupting their browsing experience. It typically infiltrates systems through software bundling, malicious websites, or deceptive downloads. Once installed, it may track user activity, collect sensitive data, and display intrusive ads, including pop-ups or banners. Some advanced adware variants can bypass security measures and establish persistence on devices, making removal challenging. Additionally, adware can create vulnerabilities that other malware can exploit, posing a significant risk to user privacy and system security. |
| Analysis date: | February 15, 2019, 10:58:23 |
| OS: | Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (build: 7601, 32 bit) |
| Tags: | |
| Indicators: | |
| MIME: | application/x-dosexec |
| File info: | PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows, Nullsoft Installer self-extracting archive |
| MD5: | 234D9B45ABC89B827A9A891A4AE1A36A |
| SHA1: | 4CEB926D10D85D24D948157F4DF8A4032BAE1E8D |
| SHA256: | E1C4CA37E099B726FFD951EAAC651D6A6180BA8063B3577774047DF2F3DF9D9B |
| SSDEEP: | 196608:nrEXIHeqrlYFEpEFNGZV11F/UO2ZgSV7foxR8/WNehOpu6i+7:2I+qr+QEWN7iV7fo8fOpI+7 |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable MS Visual C++ (generic) (67.4) |
|---|---|---|
| .dll | | | Win32 Dynamic Link Library (generic) (14.2) |
| .exe | | | Win32 Executable (generic) (9.7) |
| .exe | | | Generic Win/DOS Executable (4.3) |
| .exe | | | DOS Executable Generic (4.3) |
| MachineType: | Intel 386 or later, and compatibles |
|---|---|
| TimeStamp: | 2016:12:11 22:50:45+01:00 |
| PEType: | PE32 |
| LinkerVersion: | 6 |
| CodeSize: | 24576 |
| InitializedDataSize: | 118784 |
| UninitializedDataSize: | 1024 |
| EntryPoint: | 0x32bf |
| OSVersion: | 4 |
| ImageVersion: | 6 |
| SubsystemVersion: | 4 |
| Subsystem: | Windows GUI |
| FileVersionNumber: | 4.5.10.0 |
| ProductVersionNumber: | 4.5.10.0 |
| FileFlagsMask: | 0x0000 |
| FileFlags: | (none) |
| FileOS: | Win32 |
| ObjectFileType: | Executable application |
| FileSubtype: | - |
| LanguageCode: | English (U.S.) |
| CharacterSet: | ASCII |
| CompanyName: | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| Debugger: | - |
| FileDescription: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| FileVersion: | 1 |
| InternalName: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| LegalCopyright: | © 2006-2018 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved. |
| LegalTrademarks: | Adobe® Digital Editions |
| OriginalFileName: | DigitalEditions.exe |
| ProductName: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| ProductVersion: | 4.5.10.0 |
| Architecture: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
|---|---|
| Subsystem: | IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_GUI |
| Compilation Date: | 11-Dec-2016 21:50:45 |
| Detected languages: |
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| CompanyName: | Adobe Systems Incorporated |
| Debugger: | 0 |
| FileDescription: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| FileVersion: | 1.0 |
| InternalName: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| LegalCopyright: | © 2006-2018 Adobe Systems Incorporated and its licensors. All rights reserved. |
| LegalTrademarks: | Adobe® Digital Editions |
| OriginalFilename: | DigitalEditions.exe |
| ProductName: | Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 |
| ProductVersion: | 4.5.10.0 |
| Magic number: | MZ |
|---|---|
| Bytes on last page of file: | 0x0090 |
| Pages in file: | 0x0003 |
| Relocations: | 0x0000 |
| Size of header: | 0x0004 |
| Min extra paragraphs: | 0x0000 |
| Max extra paragraphs: | 0xFFFF |
| Initial SS value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial SP value: | 0x00B8 |
| Checksum: | 0x0000 |
| Initial IP value: | 0x0000 |
| Initial CS value: | 0x0000 |
| Overlay number: | 0x0000 |
| OEM identifier: | 0x0000 |
| OEM information: | 0x0000 |
| Address of NE header: | 0x000000D8 |
| Signature: | PE |
|---|---|
| Machine: | IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386 |
| Number of sections: | 5 |
| Time date stamp: | 11-Dec-2016 21:50:45 |
| Pointer to Symbol Table: | 0x00000000 |
| Number of symbols: | 0 |
| Size of Optional Header: | 0x00E0 |
| Characteristics: |
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Name | Virtual Address | Virtual Size | Raw Size | Charateristics | Entropy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.text | 0x00001000 | 0x00005E59 | 0x00006000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 6.42419 |
.rdata | 0x00007000 | 0x00001246 | 0x00001400 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.0004 |
.data | 0x00009000 | 0x0001A818 | 0x00000400 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 5.21193 |
.ndata | 0x00024000 | 0x0000C000 | 0x00000000 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_UNINITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE | 0 |
.rsrc | 0x00030000 | 0x00009CE8 | 0x00009E00 | IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA, IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ | 5.93039 |
Title | Entropy | Size | Codepage | Language | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5.29934 | 830 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_MANIFEST |
2 | 4.44842 | 9640 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
3 | 4.79013 | 4264 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
4 | 5.17999 | 1128 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_ICON |
103 | 2.44608 | 62 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_GROUP_ICON |
104 | 2.6935 | 316 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
105 | 2.66174 | 256 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
106 | 2.88094 | 284 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
107 | 2.62276 | 196 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
109 | 3.05474 | 182 | UNKNOWN | English - United States | RT_DIALOG |
ADVAPI32.dll |
COMCTL32.dll |
GDI32.dll |
KERNEL32.dll |
SHELL32.dll |
USER32.dll |
ole32.dll |
PID | CMD | Path | Indicators | Parent process | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1396 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe" /partnerid=adobeebook /productlist=ns /staging=false /delay=0 /launchedby=6 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SymInstallStub Exit code: 4 Version: 3.8.3.55 Modules
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| 2204 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe" /partnerid=adobeebook /productlist=ns /staging=false | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SymInstallStub Exit code: 0 Version: 3.8.3.55 Modules
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| 2876 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe" /partnerid=adobeebook /productlist=ns /staging=false /delay=0 /launchedby=6 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: SymInstallStub Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 3.8.3.55 Modules
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| 2988 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\DigitalEditions.exe" | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\DigitalEditions.exe | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 Exit code: 0 Version: 4.5.10.0 Modules
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| 3088 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADE_4.5_Installer.exe" /UAC:10122 /NCRC | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: HIGH Description: Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 Exit code: 1223 Version: 1.0 Modules
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| 3096 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADE_4.5_Installer.exe" | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Adobe Systems Incorporated Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: Adobe Digital Editions 4.5.10 Exit code: 1223 Version: 1.0 Modules
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| 3480 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe" /partnerid=adobeebook /productlist=ns /staging=false /delay=0 /launchedby=6 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe | — | explorer.exe | |||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: MEDIUM Description: SymInstallStub Exit code: 3221226540 Version: 3.8.3.55 Modules
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| 3528 | "C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe" /partnerid=adobeebook /productlist=ns /staging=false /delay=0 /launchedby=6 | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\SymInstallStub.exe | explorer.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Company: Symantec Corporation Integrity Level: HIGH Description: SymInstallStub Exit code: 0 Version: 3.8.3.55 Modules
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| 3748 | "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\ADEAutoUpdater_450.exe" -checkForUpdate https://adedownload.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/sha2/adeupdaterconfig.cfg 4.5.10.185749 en_US | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\ADEAutoUpdater_450.exe | DigitalEditions.exe | ||||||||||||
User: admin Integrity Level: MEDIUM Exit code: 4294967295 Modules
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| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallDir |
Value: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | InstallPath |
Value: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\DigitalEditions.exe | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | FileVersion |
Value: 1.1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | ProductVersion |
Value: 4.5.10.0 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayName |
Value: Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | UninstallString |
Value: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\uninstall.exe" | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NoModify |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | NoRepair |
Value: 1 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | DisplayIcon |
Value: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\DigitalEditions.exe,-101 | |||
| (PID) Process: | (3088) ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Key: | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5 |
| Operation: | write | Name: | Publisher |
Value: Adobe Systems Incorporated | |||
PID | Process | Filename | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\ADEAutoUpdater_450.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\migration.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\rmsdk_wrapper.dll | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3096 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmA8EA.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:3F176D1EE13B0D7D6BD92E1C7A0B9BAE | SHA256:FA4AB1D6F79FD677433A31ADA7806373A789D34328DA46CCB0449BBF347BD73E | |||
| 3096 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsmA8EA.tmp\UAC.dll | executable | |
MD5:4814167AA1C7EC892E84907094646FAA | SHA256:32DD7269ABF5A0E5DB888E307D9DF313E87CEF4F1B597965A9D8E00934658822 | |||
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfB137.tmp\System.dll | executable | |
MD5:3F176D1EE13B0D7D6BD92E1C7A0B9BAE | SHA256:FA4AB1D6F79FD677433A31ADA7806373A789D34328DA46CCB0449BBF347BD73E | |||
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\AppData\Local\Temp\nsfB137.tmp\UAC.dll | executable | |
MD5:4814167AA1C7EC892E84907094646FAA | SHA256:32DD7269ABF5A0E5DB888E307D9DF313E87CEF4F1B597965A9D8E00934658822 | |||
| 3096 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\Documents\My Digital Editions\welcome.epub | compressed | |
MD5:E453290017E3CF4014A4CD96950365FE | SHA256:A3F8F736CC3E7799FCB151BC7C1BA097C94D12ED689623B6E2CC3229ABDA30D5 | |||
| 3096 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Users\admin\Documents\My Digital Editions\Manifest\welcome.epub.xml | xml | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
| 3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Digital Editions 4.5\DigitalEditions.exe | executable | |
MD5:— | SHA256:— | |||
PID | Process | Method | HTTP Code | IP | URL | CN | Type | Size | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | GET | 200 | 40.112.176.188:80 | http://stats.norton.com/n/p?module=9151&product=SymCCIS&version=2.1.3.25&language=09.01&os=6.1.7601.1.0&y=1033&b=adobeebook&a=CallCriteriaChecker&f=10&c=false&d=false&e=0x0&error=0&j=ns&k=ns=1000&g=-1&l=0.486 | US | text | 13 b | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | GET | 200 | 40.112.176.188:80 | http://stats.norton.com/n/p?module=9151&product=SymCCIS&version=2.1.3.25&language=09.01&os=6.1.7601.1.0&y=1033&b=adobeebook&a=SetProductOfferStatus&f=ns&o=1&error=0&i=0 | US | text | 13 b | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | GET | 200 | 40.112.176.188:80 | http://stats.norton.com/n/p?module=9151&product=SymCCIS&version=2.1.3.25&language=09.01&os=6.1.7601.1.0&y=1033&b=adobeebook&a=RunInstallStub&f=ns&c=false&d=false&e=0x0&error=0&m=0 | US | text | 13 b | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | GET | 400 | 40.112.176.188:443 | http://stats.norton.com:443/n/p?module=9160&product=SCC&version=4.7.2.36&language=09.01&os=6.1.7601.1.0&y=1033&a=adobeebook&b=local&c=ns&d=ns=1000&e=0x0&error=0&n=0&j=0&k=0&l=none&m=none&o=none&q=none&t=none&u=-1&v=none | US | html | 264 b | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | GET | 200 | 152.195.132.156:80 | http://liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com/upgrade/NSS/SymCCIS/Production/SymInstallStub.exe | US | executable | 1.76 Mb | whitelisted |
PID | Process | IP | Domain | ASN | CN | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | 23.58.217.61:443 | adedownload.adobe.com | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | US | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | 40.112.176.188:443 | stats.norton.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | 40.112.176.188:80 | stats.norton.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | 152.195.132.156:80 | liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com | MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business | US | whitelisted |
2204 | SymInstallStub.exe | 152.195.132.156:443 | liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com | MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business | US | whitelisted |
2204 | SymInstallStub.exe | 40.112.176.188:443 | stats.norton.com | Microsoft Corporation | US | whitelisted |
3528 | SymInstallStub.exe | 152.195.132.156:443 | liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com | MCI Communications Services, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business | US | whitelisted |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | 192.147.130.117:443 | adeinstall.adobe.com | Adobe Systems Inc. | US | unknown |
3748 | ADEAutoUpdater_450.exe | 23.58.217.61:443 | adedownload.adobe.com | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | US | whitelisted |
2988 | DigitalEditions.exe | 192.147.130.145:443 | adeactivate.adobe.com | Adobe Systems Inc. | US | unknown |
Domain | IP | Reputation |
|---|---|---|
adedownload.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
stats.norton.com |
| unknown |
liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com |
| unknown |
adeinstall.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
adeactivate.adobe.com |
| whitelisted |
PID | Process | Class | Message |
|---|---|---|---|
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] NSIS.DealPly.xiazai |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET POLICY Norton Update User-Agent (Install Stub) |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] NSIS.DealPly.xiazai |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Potential Corporate Privacy Violation | ET POLICY PE EXE or DLL Windows file download HTTP |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET POLICY Norton Update User-Agent (Install Stub) |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] NSIS.DealPly.xiazai |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | A Network Trojan was detected | ET POLICY Norton Update User-Agent (Install Stub) |
3088 | ADE_4.5_Installer.exe | Misc activity | ADWARE [PTsecurity] NSIS.DealPly.xiazai |