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ares-12480-dp.exe

Internet Web

Soft Application Internet

The application ares-12480-dp.exe, “Internet Web Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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 www.hostgrabpresent.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Soft Application Internet

Product:
Internet Web

Description:
Internet Web Setup

MD5:
3f9369a654f5db8e69d8a6e646db6d06

SHA-1:
d9d693e4ffe17634d18062e7277a24ad5b1bfa55

SHA-256:
de75b1518d74f302e31a539a25a7289aea343a21aad0f099a1d2de6494ce717a

Scanner detections:
2 / 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 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:
11/26/2024 5:55:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ADX.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.2.2.21

File size:
921.6 KB (943,700 bytes)

Product version:
4.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\low\content.ie5\{random}\ares-12480-dp.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):
24576:OPK8DAN7Vq58XHb8ppYjXh71wbK7hcSRbe9Xzh/mIYF:OC6AN7VqY8fYDF1B7SFjh/mIA

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 ares-12480-dp.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.hostgrabpresent.com/c?x=Z1079 dc9qPqMExSuM/0JreGizioIGvoD2bIBXCMt3o=&c=XfU/TJjtmLlpu/XQRuaYbt8piNMChaHTABjwAIuOdT3oPDpf 6hSwqjkI5ivBygNpfnMDP3OSls2VAf88silgfwaHVnKCbMtGLJeZIUFelfw1qnlYYA4WKNOvGaGbrH0&fallback_url=http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/aresgalaxy/aresgalaxy/.../aresregular238_installer.exe&downloadAs=Ares-12480-dp.exe

http://www.conceptsfarmpackage.com/c?x=eOXK6QmVCv uCDNYu6Mpfy9c/5mwwCmSM2xFghP/ykI=&c=c6qniE6peQba2FQjmChdFJCkO k42zdBiXkU8d4KHcPV8X9AVxYeF5bqCz85tCrrVOhsArRdNIHHq6yzHrfomdiLbXbM4WL85WzOclF3/M3dbV4owIZsiE7AAaZvOpkz&fallback_url=http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/aresgalaxy/aresgalaxy/.../aresregular238_installer.exe&downloadAs=Ares-12480-dp.exe

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