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adobe_flash_setup.exe

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NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

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, “Internet Setup ” by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from updatenew.how2safeupdate.net.
Publisher:
Web Internet   (signed by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point))

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

MD5:
62453ed31d0fc283812288777eda16a7

SHA-1:
be9a5fa926be8e493362a9156cdacbc4b014d198

SHA-256:
1df1f0611b0e68a3ab9fbf99a2b7bb734a91f7134d798797124d3c1ecf3cde2c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/23/2024 4:34:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.NEXTPOIN.Installer (M)
16.4.16.10

File size:
759.7 KB (777,920 bytes)

Product version:
3.8

Copyright:
Application Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), O=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), STREET=Prospekt Leninskii 95, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=119313, C=RU

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

Serial number:
75E61A7B437F0F49B6A02FAA99CD28AC

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:C+aanviPebr6rPdZw9oNo0ehFez6dvfVCLnt6xskzwKdof6Alosu:C+a6viPebr6rPdZA2mvdvwLnSzNSf6m

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:
7.6596

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://updatenew.how2safeupdate.net/dl.php?conversion_id=14267477227471&app_id=4&lp_id=324&v=icrs&stub_id=131&v_id=1kE6DRe1fDPGERJISlZrh6MtGz6P2t4zZRj9fWBDlaA=&dist_id=346&channel=mbu_vsp_us_rn&clkid={clickurl}&s2=1756408945.444814.3bc21d6f27.4970.2dbd8e47313acb158a6cb400a44c3fcc&dp=1756408945.444814.3bc21d6f27.4970.2dbd8e47313acb158a6cb400a44c3fcc

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