advancedscantopdffree-cnet.exe

Advanced Scan to PDF Free

Beijing Qingchuanglianxiang Technology Co Ltd

The application advancedscantopdffree-cnet.exe, “Advanced Scan to PDF Free Setup ” by Beijing Qingchuanglianxiang Technology Co has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
PDFCore Co., Ltd.   (signed by Beijing Qingchuanglianxiang Technology Co Ltd)

Product:
Advanced Scan to PDF Free

Description:
Advanced Scan to PDF Free Setup

MD5:
b6eef9db1a349dd9dc17f388905d39f0

SHA-1:
b400f86905c1bfab86a421a6fd367818bef3eb26

SHA-256:
3be98e1618c2d0aa40cedc82d7980efd8a58036c3a667bb6a54b8128086057f4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 4:33:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.BeijingQingchuanglianxiangTechnologyCo.Installer.Meta (M)
16.1.13.21

File size:
7.3 MB (7,688,504 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\advancedscantopdffree-cnet.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/10/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Beijing Qingchuanglianxiang Technology Co Ltd, O=Beijing Qingchuanglianxiang Technology Co Ltd, STREET="1901,Moma Building, No.199 Chaoyangbei Road,", L=Chaoyang, S=BeiJing, PostalCode=100027, C=CN

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

Serial number:
00E5F50EB929935434546FDDE8F49FCB1E

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):
196608:06iY9ak+REmgyWe7NFb+50u0iCeucXMDhYecz4bWg8:47jVgyfFbc09PcXMtZ7bWg8

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9991

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file advancedscantopdffree-cnet.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

&onid=18497&oid=3001-18497_4-75738710&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=design/pdf&topicbrcrm=&pid=14492979&mfgid=10231612&merid=10231612&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=b74ab8c8ba782acca7541a9f&viewguid=ax0KehLH-fGr8kU-XtP89iqxOVmaDAxpK1J@&destUrl=http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/49/29/.../AdvancedScantoPDFFree-CNET.exe

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