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acrobat.exe

Prog

Cpc Net Advertising LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application acrobat.exe, “Prog Setup ” by Cpc Net Advertising has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.straightarchiveslist.com.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by Cpc Net Advertising LLC)

Product:
Prog

Description:
Prog Setup

MD5:
1b15de934592a7a35e3f041e099542ee

SHA-1:
6d670d0b06d21dd4367ee0e40f6bc3a6f02e2484

SHA-256:
0345affe261ef8e089331ab75ed542ad93e60fe0709be42f0ac91e8ace8807ab

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/24/2024 3:04:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.21.2

File size:
936.9 KB (959,376 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cpc Net Advertising LLC

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/30/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/30/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cpc Net Advertising LLC, OU=IT, O=Cpc Net Advertising LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2BC1DD7AA35DE89A0D5276ECD7AE32AF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0J/p+GXEhgJdYvzlOCerBhHfKVSNg1qtEz2nSLML9423mL8QJk6ZFGRjmOtYfqoa:0J/jXtQ7iDKM12zF5k6ORjFCJCkj6

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.straightarchiveslist.com/c?x=dG6wsW80Y7z88MnDZf1ZRMeucwe3 7XglfmfDFQcxyc=&c=/.../k ka7hYfWcGeNqZALs72djIjLlGoApJnMOBPhMVT4ubEtYZl&fallback_url=Fallback URL&downloadAs=acrobat.exe

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