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Kos

INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application google chrome setup.exe, “Kos Setup ” by INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kos

Description:
Kos Setup

Version:
3.6.3.3

MD5:
0cdbeb4b771a91f87f7baf7b19cfdbf1

SHA-1:
72f1d14fba7fb365ddc026e0bcb3e6a03248a544

SHA-256:
f05baab61ef5522ea23909d5c22f219790c69e7ac5b0a9ef9768f116bf0235fc

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 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:
12/26/2024 12:09:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.INSTALLM.Installer (M)
16.6.21.3

File size:
955.6 KB (978,528 bytes)

Product version:
5.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/27/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2017 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, O=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, STREET="Level 27, Pwc Tower 188 Quay Street", L=Auckland, S=Auckland, PostalCode=1010, C=NZ

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

Serial number:
009592A0A959B5B7A09737A266B9D98E3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IFDaCWON9YjYWd7J6da2GzSG1+gF4HwKnfItgTAyr9qZYDaHtJBj0VdHhgg:IFD3P4YC7s0Cs+k4Q6fXAyr9qZEWiHx

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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 google chrome setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.siteadvisor.com/restricted.html?domain=http://www.bitscentralgrab.com/c?x=qdk1nHVKUAzG9fmavVZx eWnHUUvT3WGb7i1CNfAxHY=&c=SpjggEyzERgLLgRY2mv K79PgA12R/03qHsmm3vqR9vTXn /KX2aBcl63l5VaksNB4xJDPPD6RxGzw11yn tuV7F2GnnJccOqaosxWpVcfNvUz9PTQLKJg9pclJ wRXx&downloadAs=Google Chrome Setup.exe&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloadape/.../ChromeSetup.exe&originalURL=755821980&pip=false&premium=false&client_uid=2475231711&client_ver=4.0.2.183&client_type=IEPlugin&suite=true&aff_id=105&locale=fr_ca&ui=1&os_ver=6.3.0.0

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