» findmyphone_downloader.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

findmyphone_downloader.exe

Gerosen

File Validated

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application findmyphone_downloader.exe, “Gerosen Setup ” by File Validated 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

File Validated (signed and verified)

Product:

Gerosen

Description:

Gerosen Setup

Version:

2.0.2.2

MD5:

8dace7857e6d5a75e360872138b91550

SHA-1:

e6b45acafe13bf1b747cead8afb27c497cbf18ef

SHA-256:

ddeeec6a280cc5595bfc84494189040b17a089fb749591be30c594a314cc0007

Scanner detections:

1 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

11/16/2024 6:24:56 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (M)

17.3.16.10

File size:

1.4 MB (1,502,512 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.4

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\findmyphone_downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

File Validated

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

4/27/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/28/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=File Validated, OU=IT, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:

CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

1C4E868160FF518C1903798F12C91A6B

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

Entry address:

0xAA98

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9885

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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