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adobe_flash_setup.exe

PreInstaller.NET

OOO Creo Advert

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 Creo Advert 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.
Publisher:
OOO Creo Advert  (signed and verified)

Product:
PreInstaller.NET

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
1c77e0d44106ad5d26bda5af78b51780

SHA-1:
e71998158caf5fd7f867c4b15d699f3a65f04a6f

SHA-256:
ad3f14a53c21ee5a3b1876c7962a0f6a9582e33fbcf5f44fb398de50bc5db92e

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:
12/24/2024 11:56:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.7.21

File size:
46.6 KB (47,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015

Original file name:
PreInstaller.NET.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OOO Creo Advert

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OOO Creo Advert, O=OOO Creo Advert, STREET=Prospect Volgogradskii 2, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=109316, C=RU

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

Serial number:
5CA28C3040B50169C6EFFE7AD594035D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/18/2015 10:17:10 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x992E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
30.5 KB (31,232 bytes)

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