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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 store.zaonce.net and multiple other hosts.

File name:

Publisher:

Frontier Developments (signed by Frontier Developments Plc)

Product:

Elite Dangerous Launcher

Description:

Elite Dangerous Launcher Setup

Version:

0.3.1411.0

MD5:

cdd4cb505445f5a03580bddec8597be7

SHA-1:

d53f0f7df66254900b946c4e7b618df9b74ed4af

SHA-256:

a6c9c0a0d78e15d4efaa54fd1c032b2d487875902f276d904b9691884b32cbb3

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 9:50:29 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (L)

16.11.30.16

File size:

13.3 MB (13,963,976 bytes)

Product version:

0.3.1411.0

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 8:18:55 AM

Valid to:

6/24/2017 8:18:55 AM

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:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

393216:xCvrpRpilOFZap+sh1fkMxqfqhZuItsvY:xcRWOFZAhFkMkWZvsQ

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9998

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 7 URLs.

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

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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