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flashplayerupdate-setup.exe

Spiral Media

The application flashplayerupdate-setup.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Adobe Flash Player but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1004.com.
Publisher:
Tomorrow Software Installer  (signed by Spiral Media)

Product:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
964022c4fa9db7d534bf534f621d49d9

SHA-1:
1fa1bbb332a14d057b27a88401a443a5b5234b20

SHA-256:
787ea155aa465ed18c6dc8f514e9cf247344093e065b1cbc6ca0a31e7454ccb3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/15/2024 5:08:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMe.Bundler (M)
16.3.28.7

File size:
877.5 KB (898,608 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/23/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/23/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6D229836E7034F48BD411B17636E7FEF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/5/2014 2:48:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rCMLKmtvPyHu7IC8A0URD2y9pNg4W7HM5G3bOAHCwz:OiKmHyOiA0Ykp7sSV

Entry address:
0xC7A2

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 58, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 54, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, 50, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 4C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 48, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 44, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 70, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 64, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 40, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 3C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9551  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

The file flashplayerupdate-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1004.com/download/.../dl?bc=1185127&pid=mundomedia_cpa&brand=securedownload01.com&aid=CD4349&s=dGGOH1HG7CCKTDKL0SGMV9DA&c=f484e3d6e5a74752bf756c515f8ce90e&country=US&p_tid=1042a7c6-8592-542e-be78-58f02f51cc92&cb=723733805&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1188607

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