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adobe_flash_setup.exe

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OOO Adverts Design

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, “Generic Setup ” by OOO Adverts Design has been detected as adware by 9 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.
Publisher:
Program   (signed by OOO Adverts Design)

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

Version:
4.2.3.1

MD5:
387ddc29ae6ba798a468e5ddf72ff2e6

SHA-1:
5dbe97313313dc78700ec35ffed9625a3fd30cb2

SHA-256:
c4263dea1093f34cbd1a366a500de6e057e0ee587609c5294fd5a5c3548c8fff

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
11/27/2024 4:31:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Trojan-gen
2014.9-150402

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3139

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DAF
21699

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.206
9.0.1.092

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.YK potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11445

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 650896.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.7.4

Reason Heuristics
Threat.installCore.Installer
15.4.14.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38882

File size:
781.9 KB (800,696 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

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:
OOO Adverts Design

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/15/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/15/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OOO Adverts Design, O=OOO Adverts Design, STREET=Ulitsa Borodinskaya 1-ia 19, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=121248, C=RU

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

Serial number:
213B710FCEE68D90F56A8F33AC6451CD

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:xNspT7+ehkPePrZ3kr4B0Z7r/3BfQ6qdpRZN7MZz1566qiTiYQFG+QtQ:xNstyehket06o3VQZLRZKs6fWRFtQtQ

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:
7.6766

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://freemaintenance.freeupgradelive.com/dl.php?conversion_id=14276812156606&app_id=4&lp_id=557&v=ico&stub_id=157&v_id=72e1IJAQaxRHkKp4YnpOHKqNcabZoPkqzBt3jzoewfA=&dist_id=731&channel=mbu_csp_us_chr&s2=1627298181.443488.15d7acd285.7532.2ea34549aabf9fbb6c5d7d86e5ede603

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