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adobe_flash_setup.exe

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 by Information Technology Systems has been detected as adware by 16 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 luxasoft.net.
Publisher:
Information Technology Systems  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6725d0e896ec03b5d10bbcb5ea1d97d6

SHA-1:
b4f4dff6e388d10914fa464aad04fa415fcc7089

SHA-256:
dbe4b1a23a010683dc1c50749d414eb169ae33e56f06df7904751619b9c3162c

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
11/2/2024 11:34:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.QH.3
7.11.170.44

avast!
Installer-AS [PUP]
2014.9-140916

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3349

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.QH
19375

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28409
9.0.1.0259

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QH (variant)
8.10342

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup(1).exe (Adware)
2014.11.19.7

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13393

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.InstallCore
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Downloader
v2014.09.16.11

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Text.Drop.deoyhb
0.28.2.62151

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.InstallCore.781048
14.09.16.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.InformationTechnologySystems.R
14.9.16.21

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XfHcLeB
37.0.11184

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.241
2.0.0.1925

File size:
762.7 KB (781,048 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
Signed by:
Information Technology Systems

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/30/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2015 7:59:59 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KPFagX1vpCeWzp8cBePvGPth06G05icn+4QOqIhlexUiL5mASRuVkEt69HYiIHeB:KPFjvdCpDBemVK6v64QZIXexN0Aczilu

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:
7.8272

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://luxasoft.net/download.php?site_id=261&app_id=4&lp_id=382&v=ico&dist_id=125&channel=acpopf100&src=ac&cid=22664894421409426662&pubid=236896&c=da45c19910b63f2697f4253bc667e971&v_id=7a34696c8feab43632c85286e66fbc11

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