flash_player.exe

The application flash_player.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.searchapps.me.
MD5:
4faf1e452c42d522e395199a550a7603

SHA-1:
73a0dd8cb03fa3ed1712fcd7f2e1797bb03cf80b

SHA-256:
843e1680532352bb989ce7befb6e9f3f329c8b4eab5f56cacf6d8b6538c216bb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 9:43:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.DownloadShield.Bundle.Meta (M)
16.2.29.22

File size:
88.3 KB (90,403 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 12:10:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:vZ7klsABcdAYIu6zOGBS+4Romu/a6V6Ke76dda5JpvVM0yuSfcMJu6j+LjKYkRfR:xAWEqcrBS+45KLK6/ypvVM0yuSft4X+X

Entry address:
0x3350

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 3B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3692

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

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