adobe flash player setup.exe

Software Generic

Darwen Marketing Inc.

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 setup.exe, “Software Generic Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
DarwenDLM  (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Software Generic

Description:
Software Generic Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_33997

MD5:
43387247b1dc82f868cba318fb3f84e2

SHA-1:
e483d458c9b995a2639788ea3d0d9d1847a0c39c

SHA-256:
d56594ad740e5f3eae4cea8db1a2659881df84968e14843dd26b062f440c771b

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
12/26/2024 6:46:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WC potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11183

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.installCore
15.2.21.19

File size:
667.1 KB (683,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe flash player setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8klvpNpgEKW2+V48i1hyhe2JGEf6uP3gH9G9VLqtsGwSfeGby8Na3J3SLrc:8gvHp3p2+VTeTSGc6uOU9JqtLfZbyjAc

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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Entropy:
7.8847

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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