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adobe_flash_setup.exe

My Program

Information Technology Systems

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe_flash_setup.exe, “My Program Setup ” by Information Technology Systems 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 xplode-soft.com.
Publisher:
Information Technology Systems  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
3c5345d5eb2f7a6289c6e489fc7bb108

SHA-1:
1e735c91c8281aa750569ec4517053449356797c

SHA-256:
52a65086c2e759ff9a34c7f9e97633c25e1fa33fcef674b90e0d86482bf483f7

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:
12/26/2024 11:56:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Informat.Installer (M)
16.3.14.11

File size:
732.1 KB (749,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Information Technology Systems

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Information Technology Systems, OU=IT, O=Information Technology Systems, L=Podgorica, S=Montenegro, C=ME

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37A48261FA2BD5EDFE85E99767D8A6B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QgvpdsNMOESSuA6WqqKyeylB38SyNqeiI9Zz/GwHrCJXqnn+bRBKZ8a1r3mkq2qs:Qgvf/OrSadylgSuqeiwNGyiXqnKRQZ8u

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:
7.8874

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://xplode-soft.com/.../download.php?site_id=232&app_id=4&lp_id=324&v=ico&dist_id=125&channel=acpopf100&src=ac&cid=18164715631408478823&pubid=276966&c=7d7258a2446c06802a081e7e76e61057&v_id=b2ccfb1d5fb6cac0e2b2bd7cdbccbfce

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