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Ginapaho

LAM Proactive And Investments Ltd

The application adwcleaner.exe, “Ginapaho Setup ” by LAM Proactive And Investments 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.bleepingcomputer.com.
Publisher:
Nema   (signed by LAM Proactive And Investments Ltd)

Product:
Ginapaho

Description:
Ginapaho Setup

MD5:
b939508d825f57e9653c5d353a168b84

SHA-1:
39162d3823914bfee3774749881bf1ec62bf63b2

SHA-256:
d5fba443d0a1c2db110d97c5a5b21b2efb3373c9c454434d897d15853e3b865a

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:
11/22/2024 12:39:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
16.8.4.1

File size:
997.9 KB (1,021,824 bytes)

Product version:
4.7.4

Copyright:
Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LAM Proactive And Investments Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/10/2016 4:04:53 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2017 4:04:53 PM

Subject:
CN=LAM Proactive And Investments Ltd, O=LAM Proactive And Investments Ltd, L=Herzliya, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112169523491FA6C7A30991E1A2D83769865

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:biU5826hRPlUG7QNQpl92T5Vvw4s7OMxOrb1+8:OF2icNkDo/MA/E

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file adwcleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://download.bleepingcomputer.com/dl/3530cf42f5b92477c20469c0b8a657ea/575d5257/windows/security/security-utilities/a/.../AdwCleaner.exe

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