home

adobe_flash_setup.exe

Web

OOO Next Stars Group

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, “Web Setup ” by OOO Next Stars Group 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.
Publisher:
Internet Prog   (signed by OOO Next Stars Group)

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
2.3.2.3

MD5:
d157339ce774a5a1a2113e497e33fbef

SHA-1:
ee588c8fd2ee1a9ba15e0970b831a30c9d87b7f8

SHA-256:
9564a4dcc10368fd2de81d141ece4bf37cf54c5f1d1773758a4553760b746ba5

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 9:13:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-150419

AVG
Adware InstallCore
2016.0.3042

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DGI
22299

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.576
9.0.1.0202

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZC potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of unconfirmed 390943.crdownload (Adware)
2015.7.21.4

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.204.16089

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.C
v2015.07.21.04

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.drfvuv
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OOONextStarsGroup
15.5.3.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

File size:
804.7 KB (823,968 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

Copyright:
Installer

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 Next Stars Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/19/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/20/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OOO Next Stars Group, OU=OOO Next Stars Group - Software, O=OOO Next Stars Group, STREET=SPIRIDONOVKA 17 STR.11, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=123001, C=RU

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

Serial number:
35017D6EC0854401DF3143C4282B5F73

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1bn5Gm17GszimlmUpG7NwZjI+ML04gJY+z2l4//Q7Ccv47D9+4gHrWL:1bn5LxGqRRIdYlD/yCI0DUtri

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8124

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

Remove adobe_flash_setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.