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Installer Program

The file ares-12480-dp.vexe, “Installer Program 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.stockbundlevaults.com and multiple other hosts.
Product:
Installer Program

Description:
Installer Program Setup

MD5:
a702d546b38ba35f58976a6a09c2d9c8

SHA-1:
c68258f036c9bef78b9a6f21a444c673d9ead5a8

SHA-256:
6ddb56b393bc8aa4c0d6f1f84e8dee21f5c25736f9214fc04c34b865aef0ca23

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 10:20:56 PM 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)
16.2.6.10

File size:
945.7 KB (968,391 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

Copyright:
Lite web

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ares-12480-dp.vexe

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:OFYEp+EdRjyvfsG+AMZgQO1tz18fG90OpGui5f+i8a53:OWxBfwPLOrL91GuiIQ

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.vexe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.stockbundlevaults.com/c?x=CXaDSZ5sMwksuESFfagUlch3JsAVB/dbTf1/Se8nuno=&c=eVRCxseBzWiSPEw8puhCIrELlmgDrj1qzcO7zbuRULYENsEyWc28r7Tu0T9tMxZAKFvT5tzuBEfPuxMIo/6tm/eVxtVfdC2qANi0dacORkI5IPsGhrUwfDquBoKL1U9i&fallback_url=http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/aresgalaxy/aresgalaxy/.../aresregular238_installer.exe&downloadAs=Ares-12480-dp.exe

http://www.stockbundlevaults.com/c?x=foIQ5bVuuSPc8vD32q2TQaK5yXMVzYueNhan/tSoO3Y=&c=DdzFqhEZvLXnr3iIlV pX8M9/5yqmuZejBBxa0JDHm/rCkItktbBGr0dXGVrIPmonkJxHQgYWxXl6BtKFS2m1fDKEC/HZgGeNVaix5MMKB KtHtJlC a2JlnMnHU7TtA&fallback_url=http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/aresgalaxy/aresgalaxy/.../aresregular238_installer.exe&downloadAs=Ares-12480-dp.exe

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