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adobe_flash_setup.exe

Installer

NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

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, “Installer Setup ” by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point) 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from finishedupdate.how2safeupdate.net.
Publisher:
Software Installer   (signed by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point))

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
3.5.1.5

MD5:
86623817d1861e9f367f905a5dc17c38

SHA-1:
48639c44c6a05aa20507cdeefab94fae4d72b87f

SHA-256:
67749811667d4823909ab8ba91e5cea07514fd19684631c923d8967977f992ad

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:
12/25/2024 8:28:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.23.6

File size:
765.1 KB (783,472 bytes)

Product version:
3.7.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/22/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), O=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), STREET=Prospekt Leninskii 95, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=119313, C=RU

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

Serial number:
75E61A7B437F0F49B6A02FAA99CD28AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iJwbGxVrF3tYuPCoUCx8ZDD/Aa33mWczfHvJi3j1XCD8gAvVUo6OzW7QXY25h8:iJwbUZF9vgCgh33mWcLPJ47VV3x67QN8

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.6668

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://finishedupdate.how2safeupdate.net/.../zdhllu5kfY=&dist_id=251&channel=mrkfp&dast=c2xpZD0wJmJyc3I9NjA3JmN1ND0xNyZjaWNtcD00NjUwNjgmY2lzaWQ9RjEyRDVGNkNBNjA4NzE1MTkyNzY1MjE0NiZjaXVpZD0tMjkwMjgzMDkxMzE0OTEwMjcwNiZwdWJpZD00OTAwNCZjaXBpZD0yMDIyMDMwJmNpcmlkPUYxMkQ1RjZDQTYwODcxNjEzMTA5Mzg4MTYmb3NpZD01MzMmYm89MiZzdWJpZD0xMDAwODQ4MDc3MTMwMDAwMDAmbW10PS0xJmNudHJ5PTIyNiZzbz0yJmNyaWQ9MjkyNjcwOCZleGNpZD0yMg==

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