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Installer Program

The application c.exe, “Installer Program Setup ” 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, 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.
Product:
Installer Program

Description:
Installer Program Setup

MD5:
21a98f9f7ec5e69303b2297a52bfff60

SHA-1:
70adc781b2adc2a0fae034229a3db6ac49c75717

SHA-256:
fe11d858619d19c9237304ed398a7c7ebe1a88029c444071dce2b805739fb939

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:
11/25/2024 10:48:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RE11 (M)
16.4.20.2

File size:
945.7 KB (968,391 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

Copyright:
Lite web

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\c.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):
24576:5FYEp+EdRjyvfsG+AMZgQO1tz18fG90OpGui5f+i8a53:5WxBfwPLOrL91GuiIQ

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

http://www.contentsendclean.com/c?x=7KdUubsQRTHfISCkXlDK5LEbv3VzRrC4pRQet0MCR4c=&c=RUQFs8lWHXtIqRs6dhw1H04Pi8n6CokPVTVbFB7l6vx9HzCSYkedRo5b/PWrO8W17PAa9J4PVtcoPfoHzoJVc2zGCkUZpas1wJZGj9PDv4aRZwH3 tMJt9gzznw zHYz&fallback_url=https://launcher.mojang.com/.../MinecraftInstaller.msi&downloadAs=Minecraft-41028-dp.exe

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