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etm_data.exe

Davidson-MacKinnon data

Allin Cottrell

The application etm_data.exe, “Davidson-MacKinnon data Setup ” by Allin Cottrell 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 ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu.
Publisher:
The gretl team   (signed by Allin Cottrell)

Product:
Davidson-MacKinnon data

Description:
Davidson-MacKinnon data Setup

MD5:
88046ed31677467f81518a83ac2be88c

SHA-1:
6944877e72e07526004357451fb0899b14562aaf

SHA-256:
fc57c68b7e0ceb7c634da63901c71c749f3d7e27b4fb78a631efad3675f5f482

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:
11/25/2024 11:38:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.31.21

File size:
383.8 KB (393,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Turkish (Turkey)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Allin Cottrell

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/17/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/17/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Allin Cottrell, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Winston-Salem, S=North Carolina, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
24A52D04FFB841E34B15278BCFDDF8DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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 etm_data.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/.../ETM_data.exe

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