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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 19 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Information Technology Systems (signed and verified)

Product:

My Program

Description:

My Program Setup

MD5:

136064e1d3c298480ce6c3f5c2601ed7

SHA-1:

45064f241dc68ec3bb54fcbe850e531a9b4c9f35

SHA-256:

2528a925d157492f8afb2663b5f8047bd6331eb46b823e205faf44477e370a55

Scanner detections:

19 / 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 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:

11/28/2024 7:05:53 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9

7.11.165.246

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3142

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6267

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Installcore-231

0.98/20227

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.InstallCore.DZQ

21464

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28409

9.0.1.0101

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.PX potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.AC.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor

11.2015-11-04_7

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup.exe (Adware)

2015.7.14.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.183.13043

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Downloader

v2015.04.11.01

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!460ECEB35134

5600.6798

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgmcg

0.28.2.62151

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.InformationTechnologySystems

15.4.11.9

Sophos

PUA 'Install Core Click run software'

5.12

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.InstallCore/Variant

9942

Vba32 AntiVirus

Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

32210

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://sandrasoft.com/.../download.php?site_id=230&app_id=4&lp_id=327&v=ico&dist_id=125&channel=acpopf100&src=ac&cid=29161981871408396798&pubid=276966&c=7d7258a2446c06802a081e7e76e61057&v_id=01a1e37359a4a11098775071595f7e69

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