bluestacks-2.exe

Mepalo

Delivery Quality (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application bluestacks-2.exe, “Mepalo Setup ” by Delivery Quality (Alpha Criteria) 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 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 z.getfile137.com.
Publisher:

Product:
Mepalo

Description:
Mepalo Setup

MD5:
5950bd7f425bdeb6fa50721133c3c441

SHA-1:
225268b293a054c0a0ea858cb7fc5fa901b28aa3

SHA-256:
152f94ea0081c64c56ccee3972d42b9eda9f22e6fac1481c5bf7acd8409c31ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 6:26:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)
17.3.15.9

File size:
931 KB (953,368 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\bluestacks-2.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/31/2015 12:12:24 PM

Valid to:
8/3/2016 4:01:17 PM

Subject:
CN=Delivery Quality (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Delivery Quality (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
11216B2571DD47D76CC84D28293328061400

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

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

The file bluestacks-2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://z.getfile137.com/ex/d?z=1053&name=94%&file=http://cdn.bluestacks.com/downloads/.../BlueStacks2_native.exe

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