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adobe-flash-player-18-pou.exe

Generic Internet

Nextinteractive

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe-flash-player-18-pou.exe, “Generic Internet Setup ” by Nextinteractive 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.telechargerv2filescentersfarms.com.
Publisher:
Program   (signed by Nextinteractive)

Product:
Generic Internet

Description:
Generic Internet Setup

MD5:
68e085df64bf576bf86650681851f543

SHA-1:
ff6680e7ab7214f2b77dab64223e38386cfff006

SHA-256:
a5724dacf0f733de0455038084c0beda2e5e90ac963d66edb27498fd3b7cbae6

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 10:40:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Nextinte.Installer (M)
16.7.14.18

File size:
785.6 KB (804,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.1

Copyright:
App

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}\adobe-flash-player-18-pou.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nextinteractive

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/26/2015 4:26:19 PM

Valid to:
2/27/2016 4:26:19 PM

Subject:
CN=Nextinteractive, O=Nextinteractive, L=Paris, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11215751962DA8AB907610F3CB6A88D4205C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IYoGJap71ukzs5GJzhdfxWzNxYT/Lvn2sTRgjAUDqqqVuxklRD8fwT2+pHTEo:IYoAe1utkJzDZECTz1RgwoulRDG8NTd

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file adobe-flash-player-18-pou.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.telechargerv2filescentersfarms.com/c?x=2AkqQ1BnC5y7wsWa0D2vmGCswSU8g3unqwW Iaa4OK8=&c=YBN0rYD1jHlt pS1Srg76YwOizK9lTGfkp0w7vN722EJ872fZYxy20v2p60XuugT/ST6QdWDo0YzKKT7xIUEo05zVfTGki1jvK/emMy8VhmVbs2dHp4Is7FhZtlulOnV8GXC4UWk0SvfZp fBi/bgA==&fallback_url=http://admdownload.adobe.com/bin/.../flashplayer18ax_ha_install.exe&downloadAs=adobe-flash-player-18-pou.exe

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