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Paleke

Fokakunug

The application c.exe, “Paleke 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.
Publisher:
Fokakunug

Product:
Paleke

Description:
Paleke Setup

Version:
3.1.2.8

MD5:
53fbf13826ecaf2a761f8fd71a7ecb35

SHA-1:
bc629ac56b94484f0300a1b7ddbc672ce3828576

SHA-256:
f477d2707d2d1a223572c92730f2c8f18f6820da752cef76e28b10bcc1725a73

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:
11/6/2024 5:40:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RE11 (M)
16.4.17.18

File size:
954.4 KB (977,336 bytes)

Product version:
4.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:OD5CV+T9yS+/8j6c3iPz+eP6A2zlIiyz0pK:ODEoe0ecyPSm6A25xyopK

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9319

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.apppresentranch.com/c?x=YrbIBA VZXGx37JQtjl7LCYprwBiNygyFsq6M/Y5bD4=&c=hGiL8cNHtKJ8liHWvq/yJASyKmoObxOvgU4knTYGs/tGzuSRY7ovnuPr2vpM7apz6YGsCDb2puLgheX5x4iiI8FYLrYzgHvfGQS7Z6VCnafuXzwJzDnotGf7ua8hhckK&downloadAs=VLC-Media-Player.exe&fallback_url=https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.1/.../vlc-2.2.1-win32.exe

http://www.capitaltowervault.com/c?x=Uft0KSlfErLJ0iI5EopCTFI1rgNhwJE2sXiEWGcXzF8=&c=G7jV xTLBM5Ju1/GZKAUr561/OdQQ0C4Lvy6YZcsk/FqKdW4wwzhgkQSVmF6EVj123WYp4b0j09XopQKkaYs JQIBrXaDP0iWq LYj8wNWnS5uD6eKaHBDwpcfxiPvaH&downloadAs=VLC-Media-Player.exe&fallback_url=https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.1/.../vlc-2.2.1-win32.exe

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