ADW_PRICEPEEP
AdWare.JS.PricePeep.a (Kaspersky), Adware.PricePeep (Symantec), a variant of Win32/AdWare.PricePeep.B application (ESET)
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)
Threat Type: Adware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes
OVERVIEW
This adware may be manually installed by a user.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
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}