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downloadacceleratorsetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application downloadacceleratorsetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware 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 installCore installer.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
188d0a0fef18d92fea2d6d458c8cee1b

SHA-1:
a96648819e2e2bd8af7bceedfc454d3129f80687

SHA-256:
a973c2e4f686b7b863f1755592c14de1971731724ff2b030ec5ce85b4fa62462

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:40:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.15.6

File size:
1 MB (1,077,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\downloadacceleratorsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2008 8:43:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x6A770

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 24, 9B, 46, 00, E8, CC, BF, F9, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 78, 6B, FF, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 12, 8A, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, 40, CD, 46, 00, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 28, 85, 46, 00, E8, 6A, 6B, FF, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 96, 6C, FF, FF, E8, C1, 9F, F9, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5419

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
421.5 KB (431,616 bytes)

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