freeshortcutremover.exe

Kakalume

Huaxinwantong Beijing Technology Ltd

The application freeshortcutremover.exe, “Kakalume Setup ” by Huaxinwantong Beijing Technology 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.taggiftflash.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Huaxinwantong Beijing Technology Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kakalume

Description:
Kakalume Setup

MD5:
ca80ff65616a4f2c2d7adf524d66632d

SHA-1:
3f38468c2c5f234a0e3cb44bdd7ae9da11ab4fa1

SHA-256:
48930d45a014b9dd37fa5ec4f1eeda44d0aa6fe43c1ef51002877ca93a11bea6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 9:32:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Huaxinwa.Installer.Meta (M)
16.4.25.12

File size:
920.8 KB (942,856 bytes)

Product version:
5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/24/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Huaxinwantong Beijing Technology Ltd, O=Huaxinwantong Beijing Technology Ltd, STREET="Dong Balizhuang 54, Building 2", L=BeiJing, S=BeiJing, PostalCode=100025, C=CN

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

Serial number:
00C31292C6449E082B3FBF99E310243E2E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:x6BlAcWnMHpp1wd/N9DEtfnjmXDkLqBCihLCtF7CRPe6rcVj:x6fSnM3GFNAMrMihLGF7CRNrch

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9383

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

The file freeshortcutremover.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

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