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daemon-tools-lite.exe

The application daemon-tools-lite.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 20 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdnus.ironcdn.com.
MD5:
2d6fe1e4df497715bab2ec14ecb4127b

SHA-1:
2844ad73961bc2ab442137305224c421665fed71

SHA-256:
1de51055d73ac1d7c2af3f09214608428f74533f77dd99e087e9b6263893c34a

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
12/4/2024 7:43:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
ASD.Prevention
2013.12.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.101.154

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3331

Baidu Antivirus
Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14104

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16941

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.55
9.0.1.0277

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore.AMN!A2
8.14.10.04.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AF (variant)
8.8781

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/4/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.G.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.170.9100

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3152

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.10.04.01

McAfee
Artemis!2D6FE1E4DF49
5600.6987

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.10.4.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141002

Sophos
Generic PUA JL
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCBH1HF
7.2.277

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BHL12
10.465.04

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.2691
3.12.24.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,108,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\daemon-tools-lite.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PEGri4Fr0vDHu6T675syNZ/EnKiEnzQKgrv:PEGri8Suq69sy1iEzo

Entry address:
0xCEA20

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, F0, 1B, 41, 00, E8, C1, CE, FF, FF, 00, 75, 44, 8B, C3, E8, 35, FF, FF, FF, EB, 3B, 8B, 0A, 8B, 72, 04, 03, CE, 8B, F8, 03, 7B, 0C, 3B, CF, 75, 05, 29, 73, 0C, EB, 26, 8B, 0A, 03, 4A, 04, 89, 0C, 24, 2B, F9, 89, 7C, 24, 04, 8B, 12, 2B, D0, 89, 53, 0C, 8B, D4, 8B, C3, E8, D0, FE, FF, FF, 84, C0, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 0C, B0, 01, EB, 08, 8B, 1B, 3B, FB, 75, 85, 33, C0, 59, 5A, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 90, 53, 56, 57, 8B, DA, 8B, F0, 81, FE, 00, 00, 10, 00, 7D, 07, BE, 00, 00, 10, 00, EB...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
841 KB (861,184 bytes)

The file daemon-tools-lite.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdnus.ironcdn.com/.../Daemon-Tools-Lite.exe

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