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adwcleaner installer.exe

Dinacad

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adwcleaner installer.exe, “Dinacad Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 www.flashlaboratoryapp.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Dinacad

Description:
Dinacad Setup

MD5:
b5005ffddb26542d9f138b690b695052

SHA-1:
a295b8985c7b7a8810654dc8dda5efd54ff203c5

SHA-256:
0d8be0c78f6a0cb5ea05a1cb6d05b6b2a08d64cd4a937b3e133b868808fb21c1

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 '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:
12/25/2024 1:23:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.29.20

File size:
1007.1 KB (1,031,320 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.1

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}\adwcleaner installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/GPi7U92G48XJqwZbc/hYQVgTWQBry8E7eaPOLYidp+uNz3qLB:/K19T48X0wZY/6QmTWQBry8OeaGLB0w+

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adwcleaner installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=e9kj6NvKu6hvbe02tgD5RxKfkXjclJUUpVDtO6DPkM4=&c=uMiy3hbX0HEjp8FvNYL1XRKhWgdA1i0s8GFid9rid0ulna7x oZ6IViywhDmV1ZUk3ZjUiwMeX3u ZGhvzRQFgDt 6aKCTi7H/F5FW7SA8ibFy0/ASCTfIzKyRxS1QyB&downloadAs=AdwCleaner Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=lDiE2fNOcA/weug8YtA8tdlX3sPM2NKFDvMi7RSjzhQ=&c=IbYW4fnTu7cAYLngfPlmn/EHumrXC9KiI9mPqDaEHAbUPiVMZlLzdxkAP6U1PJ53vr7xbD6U98MhYrkx49CREPlwpIf0g4V2wFsT4LkQxuHlT8c0 GX8wzrF6 CGX3QA&downloadAs=AdwCleaner Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=CgyUYV4hm946IHPeYDqufdAjKqvdY4QzEJJt4a4Hc0k=&c=94lWtOQliZDhYps6ICuAME3Jqfb5XKSAJDLJLKFnHOIggGqtVPrlnhCUCEL0qBW79bkw5iBXiRdeuyXd Mv4 f6fFbZvYfLnn24/1ZjWWRAdY/B31w4H69FdFJlWuToa&downloadAs=AdwCleaner Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=7N4Vm5SOxFSM6qBOB MhsU0yrx26H3fTQXk0VQm uWE=&c=wtEpu9qp95OXdZb/pT1cU7ePu89OqrsTRXKFkn Rfinm5vAIHL/PIY5P3eg658/PXtLtp7oIZyye08g0VWqKY8EZEhp7POYTvTQODQiACiG5GzydXsAnMacI0xnX6oPY&downloadAs=AdwCleaner Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

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