» flashplayer_updater.exe
Overview
Analysis
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flashplayer_updater.exe

Mufuf

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, “Mufuf 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:

File validated (signed and verified)

Product:

Mufuf

Description:

Mufuf Setup

Version:

2.7.3.0

MD5:

97654a6bf48756b0f282e9a0357294a9

SHA-1:

5d53ca25ed4f77edf7c790cb527f3bcd4fb58676

SHA-256:

b5dc63fe71991ab09ca721e5f93c7e578acb5d6db04b0e7ec0e99747b42147c5

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:

12/29/2024 5:01:15 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore (M)

17.2.18.7

File size:

958.6 KB (981,648 bytes)

Product version:

4.2.8

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\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:

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:

7.9343

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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