ADW_PRICEPEEP

July 31, 2014
 Analysis by: Rhena Inocencio
 ALIASES:

AdWare.JS.PricePeep.a (Kaspersky), Adware.PricePeep (Symantec), a variant of Win32/AdWare.PricePeep.B application (ESET)

 PLATFORM:

Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This adware may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

471,512 bytes

File Type:

EXE

Initial Samples Received Date:

30 Jul 2014

Arrival Details

This adware may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This adware drops the following files:

  • %Program Files%\PricePeep\installer.ico
  • %Program Files%\PricePeep\pricepeep.dll
  • %Program Files%\PricePeep\uninstall.exe
  • %Program Files%\PricePeep\unutil.exe
  • %Application Data%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\4wwmjcqo.default\extensions\pricepeep@getpricepeep.com.xpi

It creates the following folders:

  • %Program Files%\PricePeep

(Note: %Program Files% is the default Program Files folder, usually C:\Program Files in Windows 2000, Server 2003, and XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit), and 7 (32-bit), or C:\Program Files (x86) in Windows XP (64-bit), Vista (64-bit), and 7 (64-bit).)

Other System Modifications

This adware adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
PricePeep.PricePeepBho

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
PricePeep.PricePeepBho.1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
AppID\PricePeep.DLL

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
AppID\{38A066B0-DD5F-4226-AC4F-6A27C1BFB892}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
CLSID\{FD6D90C0-E6EE-4BC6-B9F7-9ED319698007}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects\{FD6D90C0-E6EE-4BC6-B9F7-9ED319698007}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\
PricePeep

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
AppID\{38A066B0-DD5F-4226-AC4F-6A27C1BFB892}
(Default) = "PricePeep"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\
CLSID\{FD6D90C0-E6EE-4BC6-B9F7-9ED319698007}
(Default) = "PricePeep"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Browser Helper Objects\{FD6D90C0-E6EE-4BC6-B9F7-9ED319698007}
(Default) = "PricePeep"

Other Details

This adware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}t.{BLOCKED}srv.com/rpt?distributorid={distributorid}&channelid={channelid}&clientversion={version}&reportid={reportid}&browser={browser application}&status={status}