adwcleaner setup.exe

Nateka

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 setup.exe, “Nateka 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.capitalvaultsbits.com.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Nateka

Description:
Nateka Setup

MD5:
791a6e7c49c8882477e0220bb9f9ce2a

SHA-1:
2a7cf87971f333f927af71e2ddf4ba7aaa6fa292

SHA-256:
1a93c4ffdc8f0a64d231777529cd5045edcfd7053de1041a40272563936a5be2

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:
11/27/2024 1:35:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.11.4

File size:
960.7 KB (983,760 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 12:59:59 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:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FkS3fTX6Ybz7/UEzeW9s0eu0pJP90+T91T3vjstNA:+ifTXFbXUqeWS0r0q+T917jstN

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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