adobe_flash_setup.exe

Information Technology Systems doo

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 by Information Technology Systems doo has been detected as adware by 10 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from soft81.net.
Publisher:
Information Technology Systems doo  (signed and verified)

MD5:
74316c8c9d959bc30b984d3edc5720de

SHA-1:
5d748858fdef0c083751dcef124f674918cddbfc

SHA-256:
23d16084bfabc3b09731c73e646455b82c417e2dad639f009dc188d5682442ce

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 '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:
11/23/2024 11:24:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.176.142

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3280

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.497
9.0.1.0261

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QC potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.11.25.3

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13550

Malwarebytes
v2014.11.24.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.InformationTechnologySystemsdoo.R
14.9.19.2

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.fcMdbBB
37.0.11209

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
33624

File size:
761.3 KB (779,584 bytes)

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
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/3/2014 11:09:33 AM

Valid to:
9/4/2015 11:09:33 AM

Subject:
CN=Information Technology Systems doo, O=Information Technology Systems doo, L=Podgorica, C=ME

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

Serial number:
1121B7651F63D03BDB955C5DC5B4A0F91C81

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QuvpxD/WYnztUPVmapMGUDNWLNNKpWj0NUX3GRDqHeagRCL60Ewp63XGzajb8XX:QuvD/jnmkJGUDUuU0qcOelRCL6lwp63K

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:
7.8529

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.

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