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flashplayer_updater.exe

Melebumak

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 flashplayer_updater.exe, “Melebumak 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

Tutopofaf (signed by File validated)

Product:

Melebumak

Description:

Melebumak Setup

Version:

4.1.1.5

MD5:

c46f2d1c5f4ce31bfa1341c1f8c2db81

SHA-1:

0bc0a005a4ca6dc98a93921becef9e5e4305d321

SHA-256:

ebe2536838dafe326cbedcd8a65513a7ce99ac2bfc0442d8cd545fa6dbd5dd79

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 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:

11/16/2024 6:47:05 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (M)

17.2.8.11

File size:

990.5 KB (1,014,248 bytes)

Product version:

4.8

Lite installer

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

File validated

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

2/11/2016 12:57:33 AM

Valid to:

2/11/2017 12:57:33 AM

Subject:

CN=File validated, O=File validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

11210B0B336C146B1DEA833B7DA98E456EB9

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:

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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Entropy:

7.9070

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.towerscurrentflash.com/c?x=ryjhxPZk2hMjgHq/3gCgyv5TIU5bEErLSBKJEXKZmss=&c=RbVa3NNjDjczj3gXniJhb 1W5R0ItcgQAIN1QCBUAFi3CiBIUz JiUDRknt3PLwmZvsNkaOuarAc0882pfEgiPW8h8EcSXLTqr7whiNj b9d 8S6FDY5k3f7WjMpL5sW&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

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