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adobe_flash_setup.exe

OOO Alians

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 OOO Alians has been detected as adware by 12 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 soft53.net.
Publisher:
OOO Alians  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d38f5f3e3c95bebf3e87b09df41a55fc

SHA-1:
b5ce4245c234177f532e0844eb7dd2b4bd765c90

SHA-256:
c27450201cc2223f152139d4b08033c77ee75f58e0fa257647be63432d51a1ce

Scanner detections:
12 / 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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
2/24/2025 10:21:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.178.86

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3343

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.38104
9.0.1.0266

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QL potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 377564.crdownload (Adware)
2014.12.5.8

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Alians
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13676

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgool
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OOOAlians.R
14.11.1.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.258
2.0.0.1955

File size:
766.2 KB (784,616 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:
OOO Alians

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/24/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OOO Alians, O=OOO Alians, STREET="Tverskoy bulvar 18, str. 2", L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=125009, C=RU

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

Serial number:
72192EE2D047E173BA469CFBF35B689D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:K2vpAVfpBqBsiMyHTIj5I3rcO4jZSX7TiHQEq9Nvurr0gAqtLmhlBARXdo8:K2v+Vfp05lH8j5I3rcSyHQEqnulAChdJ

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:
7.8092

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://soft53.net/download.php?site_id=326&app_id=4&lp_id=382&v=ico&dist_id=269&channel=acmnj&cid=9957799131410590106&pubid=32796&c=20a4febe59cb94a853d80a5d31ff8739&v_id=d954916202bee22eea72eae8582ad193

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