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client-installer.exe

Elite Dangerous Launcher

Frontier Developments Plc

The application client-installer.exe, “Elite Dangerous Launcher Setup ” by Frontier Developments Plc 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. 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 s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

Frontier Developments (signed by Frontier Developments Plc)

Product:

Elite Dangerous Launcher

Description:

Elite Dangerous Launcher Setup

Version:

0.3.1395.0

MD5:

0de7e10faf3eb0d98eeb5ed5a8b7fc8e

SHA-1:

275526e299fc25be2a9b6fb528eb4d6fd55e363b

SHA-256:

72fa5deea5a72cfa7cb1f9dfd84db21d2e91b9de46ca1ca57a7fb56cd9e83eeb

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:

11/26/2024 9:24:45 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (L)

16.11.30.16

File size:

13.3 MB (13,963,952 bytes)

Product version:

0.3.1395.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\client-installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Frontier Developments Plc

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

6/24/2014 5:18:55 PM

Valid to:

6/24/2017 5:18:55 PM

Subject:

E=purchasing@frontier.co.uk, CN=Frontier Developments Plc, O=Frontier Developments Plc, L=Cambridge, C=GB

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

11219BB25BBD8DDDACA8B34865E9183DD223

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):

196608:IjcxvhFpzRbps+xYB3OsUtcBb72ZsD9uDhgxAw+1W9dvIefqsgbpu7xCU2fvd8vb:ICvrpRpilOFZap+sh1fkMxqfvC8mvfn

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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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file client-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/frontier-platform-downloads/clients/.../Client-Installer.exe

https://store.zaonce.net/downloadable/download/link/id/.../

http://hosting.zaonce.net/.../Client-Installer.exe

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