» adobe_flash_player.exe
Overview
Analysis
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adobe_flash_player.exe

Generic installer

Adverts Max

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.exe, “Generic installer Setup ” by Adverts Max 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Installer App software (signed by Adverts Max)

Product:

Generic installer

Description:

Generic installer Setup

Version:

3.6.3.2

MD5:

e53ca79b347ed27037d1958eff1088e9

SHA-1:

79aed8ac72f79e97649c01c2332909640be792e3

SHA-256:

2026d97536694d3bbfd7e1219a09ec3ac2d5479c9ac5e7b070f4163499be6746

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 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:

11/15/2024 6:22:50 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.3.8.3

File size:

897.3 KB (918,880 bytes)

Product version:

4.2.5

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe_flash_player.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Adverts Max

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

6/11/2015 7:16:36 AM

Valid to:

5/28/2016 8:51:01 AM

Subject:

CN=Adverts Max, O=Adverts Max, L=Moscow, C=RU

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

1121606BA70EB63C515F802DE625987FC88D

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

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9345

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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