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adobe_flash_player.exe

Web Installer

OOO Creo Advert

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, “Web Installer Setup ” by OOO Creo Advert 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 softupdate.how2safeupdate.org.
Publisher:
Internet   (signed by OOO Creo Advert)

Product:
Web Installer

Description:
Web Installer Setup

MD5:
96466bfbf5950afe188d0d769ad88d65

SHA-1:
7c4249e72d94d93b7c0f72f20c045030c518bb97

SHA-256:
f92d5c1e7e3ce6222ff3153f9743ec7e636ed19f8f4b94475bdfd7b8e883bb4e

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:
12/25/2024 5:39:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.OOOCreoAdvert.Installer (M)
16.2.28.10

File size:
780.7 KB (799,448 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.7

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:
OOO Creo Advert

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OOO Creo Advert, O=OOO Creo Advert, STREET=Prospect Volgogradskii 2, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=109316, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
5CA28C3040B50169C6EFFE7AD594035D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AJypQsDO0SRJstV6Utr8qxlknot31ImqQupalH8hkP4ITKfbDH:AJyVDO0S7kV6ArBrwm31Iq4aLA8Abj

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:
7.8115

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://softupdate.how2safeupdate.org/dl.php?conversion_id=14315095917504&app_id=4&lp_id=554&v=ico&stub_id=231&v_id=ERa2LHc3BIG1vgrKJCSHTybcLBnwLJklFY-WsXC9ktY.&pcl=IIBjkLnsfnr6ZmlwKXWAGo1_aO-uL_4TkdGJxsAv1oE.&CLICK_ID=pqFJcMcGWLom3fvSpjuV8udxxDokQa3DSmKO_016RYjPK2GwKh4emZRfTDPPwf2bx1z5U4wLAOPHmzCK5R8JOvo62TmeG_jEn5oSsrYSEkg9xtiy1G5A5KajEHQru8evCqvX4SQFL1HMRUvUwWlnIX8dhN9mTnltiazJ1M2OFtOc4QCYtYGVdg36qpXhr0VRywJ144n8X0NylILSkR4-LZcRD5d1KeUb0mTChLHVGXapSKtgoFhLC_i4NbRbKMA8v_4qYQKUGQy9N97Uo9G8PxT0TqKQqEpvnxXa4IY5N_8MiBYmtpRqxnh4eeuxj0EKGyzSmrZCpLqpVqEHzXw4OFfiJqzbPEwOwRxqLDs--CULFNwN-J2zdHDXLx1minmQz984e3j4eg0YVlRTjQYI9k4oIU5YSSM5Hny2IzWoxQHf7UbiTHZ1TeJqtlGZt8tVX4j5mPELvJwXMEmNWe8IMQ

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