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flash_player_pro_setup.exe

Pulldownload

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application flash_player_pro_setup.exe, “Prime Installer ” by Pulldownload 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.reqfile11.com.
Publisher:
Prime Installer   (signed by Pulldownload)

Product:
Prime Installer

Description:
Prime Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
188422fc7fe6d61360bed7846e0e1f3e

SHA-1:
1549331f9d21232959e928f96aae09bc7764afdd

SHA-256:
05449b6317582e67d81d7d965fcf7fdd9e15690ec3aa23f61105d23b722645cd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
12/25/2024 7:57:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.9.24.0

File size:
254.9 KB (260,984 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 (C) Prime Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\flash_player_pro_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pulldownload

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pulldownload, O=Pulldownload, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
00B840F63C6F881B974419E1A8D3A94F3A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/22/2015 1:00:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:rNUVMWfi0njiY9Q+Is5HHmCDMDd9C/NdkedYXW3am5RqttDv11cBqsCT:ieWpnjJ5HH5oDq/NdkuGKaCRMcBqsu

Entry address:
0x18FD3

Entry point:
E8, AC, 98, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 68, 40, 90, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, EC, A5, 43, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, EC...
 
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Code size:
178 KB (182,272 bytes)

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

http://secure.reqfile11.com/o/.../Flash_Player_Pro_Setup.exe

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