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adwcleanersetup.exe

Installer Application

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The application adwcleanersetup.exe, “Installer Application Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 bliss-clean.info.
Publisher:
Installer

Product:
Installer Application

Description:
Installer Application Setup

MD5:
a813468d6248205d4e1d725a92257f34

SHA-1:
0ecb595a59ed24d09156175447919c842f498fa8

SHA-256:
987ccd16730cf815aa3dad7dc447f78fefdcbe220d39ee1adf48cadd09a54cbd

Scanner detections:
7 / 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.

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:
12/27/2024 11:27:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1561

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZD potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
8/9/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.EG
15.8.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of googlechromesetup.exe
2015.8.9.21

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.InstallCore
15.5.31.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
684 KB (700,372 bytes)

Product version:
4.3.2

Copyright:
Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

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):
12288:29v3p7oKUAPs5GCmsMW+KouUhJDImA5hb5dcl7Uzu6S2A3CEhbbgnKYS:2V3VBUA29mViUvAl5dSh37hbMK1

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 adwcleanersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://bliss-clean.info/?dl=1&pi=ATizNTgFNTazAg==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1PDH2j rVP mVyvExthXN3DKV0NQDzcj1QDyDphXAmD3vpDZ0m rcWDK4m7dAWTCwm7dREhKVuvmAWASDChTMm7dlChV8wOTLFOZCwOTnm7K2pDZ1fAjC0ATnzAjnyAw==&pd=2323Um5wcHNGIKFCUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0Azn0NjM4AZMq

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