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freeshortcutremover.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeshortcutremover.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. 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 dc761.4shared.com.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ee01fdf2a0607b8120a27439798a73fb

SHA-1:
8e23a31ff85ad4630e7a1dcc1bdb63f7cb62ae18

SHA-256:
4dd80c5ed11d54dfcc1ba670e7b028a058d4f9720fe846674da920f28e4f12ee

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/26/2024 3:50:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.170.42

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QO (variant)
8.10341

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.09.03.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.T
14.9.3.16

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10382

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
32696

File size:
666.3 KB (682,304 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

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:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Vh0vpG3Z1iIlAy620urezWmGR1gylriH1CHca+iVF28QhW2y54TdVSDb8X/:V2v0p1iCAy620ugWmGriEH7+sFChW2yu

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://dc761.4shared.com/download/.../FreeShortcutRemover.exe

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