» adobe_flash_setup.exe
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Analysis
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adobe_flash_setup.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application adobe_flash_setup.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

Quick Downloader (signed and verified)

MD5:

356144ad1ef73c8bd26414f5065d8243

SHA-1:

a06bf243f99f86f9db5a72c03ebd670348ea4bd5

SHA-256:

705e9e2b58d39f8739b976b475735da3034ab4e389ab9b37bd259df4b9e8e4f0

Scanner detections:

7 / 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:

11/27/2024 5:36:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.PK potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup.exe (Adware)

2014.8.24.23

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.180.12586

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.QuickDownloader.R

14.8.7.17

Sophos

Install Core

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.InstallCore/Variant

10513

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4786018

29708

File size:

818.6 KB (838,296 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quick Downloader

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

8/7/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/8/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00886E74060345A7D9DD833C2ADF305E49

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:9MFOCfjDmeiQVYmWWH6XD0Vjs1RJfVgBUlIbO8PX:9mtfXme5tWqMD0VaXf6bbOa

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:

7.8956

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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