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emuleplus12b.exe

Max Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application emuleplus12b.exe by Max Setup has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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 www.emulestore.com.
Publisher:
Max Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c734d876282d92be30f4a53735ca841b

SHA-1:
ebb891a00da0e865637a50e68aa8d2be2b9a1135

SHA-256:
b3abf9e77bce4add5f4cf081dd89290c87511cf0da5545d5f9018bf8eb8dd01c

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
12/27/2024 8:25:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.143.18

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3497

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MJ (variant)
8.9670

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of Auslogics Disk Defrag_4.5_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.7.18.17

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11833

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSetup.M
14.4.20.4

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28212

File size:
652.1 KB (667,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\emuleplus12b.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/10/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/11/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Setup, O=Max Setup, STREET=Lillienblam 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
008F6F1294DBB38F9F80A7A06DE489DF45

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):
12288:KpqpL0gGNQRCUpxSF9o/ewLXMQPRISDWWMi7bFTocjDZBgmUVfkMSQI1:KpqR0gGNQbpxSF9IewT7RISDvOU9Bg

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8491

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file emuleplus12b.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.emulestore.com/index.php?url=http://www.emulestore.com/down/dm/.../emuleplus12b.exe&lang=us&file=emuleplus12b.exe&product=EmulePlus

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