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fences_public_inst.exe

Well Known Media Ltd

The application fences_public_inst.exe by Well Known Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. 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 download.filehippo.com.
Publisher:
Well Known Media Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aae43ee93ec41b03a836ac3ebb19afaf

SHA-1:
63417b9630728633d30f20d21813334cb7fd8224

SHA-256:
4b952048589fd0a14e68d91c73adebb5b7fd05b4a16f7444a66db598f378cd75

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
12/24/2024 1:17:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen9
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3075

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28583
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TR potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.205.16281

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2015.06.18.08

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dimyyb
0.30.24.2086

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.6.18.4

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
40828

File size:
750 KB (768,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Well Known Media Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/20/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/21/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Well Known Media Ltd, O=Well Known Media Ltd, STREET=Kissack Court, STREET=29 Parliament Street, L=Ramsey, S=Isle of Man, PostalCode=IM8 1JA, C=IM

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

Serial number:
73CC925BC7B1EAFC96D9C9F2EAA55030

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pSvp+sblL83V7+asRzoWkPpMVgEPVqlU7+G4nqh1GaR1pPDpK085+lC3rwCSUpbq:pSvosb5as4RMVHdqlU73LRh585S+NJq

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:
7.8102

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://download.filehippo.com/?ic_user_id=456

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-93-51-130.eu-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.93.51.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-186-47-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.186.47.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-189-255.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.189.255:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-182-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.182.77:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 108.168.208.206-static.reverse.softlayer.com  (108.168.208.206:80)

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