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google_earth_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application google_earth_setup.exe by Soft Downloads has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader 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 download.downloadinfo100.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Soft Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
279a93140d7da4473ca7ff5afd0dd50c

SHA-1:
64feeca47d81a2e6aa7fae210862845dfbda5cc1

SHA-256:
c1374f30f3e3a4d100dc39545ca2852ef1fdca8a064f945b79e73ce333c432b5

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
12/26/2024 4:32:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.YA
21717

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.7
9.0.1.0264

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QH (variant)
9.10565

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

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobe_flash_setup(1).exe (Adware)
2015.9.21.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15557

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dhpyjp
0.30.10.952

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.SoftDownloads.Bundler (M)
15.8.10.23

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38950

File size:
781.9 KB (800,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Soft Downloads

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/14/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/14/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

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

Serial number:
00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iiHFTaSsIOSj9eYueoLK6TVFpipUGT0hb+M9:PlGSPOSgdekV3ctU

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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Entropy:
7.8866

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file google_earth_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://download.downloadinfo100.com/download/201/.../?_s=up7p7lnr1u0rhqlpbn3gik5s1b5201qu23tcsleqktnnpkem7140-e5c82928dccf9d726db4dde2ec7fbb85

http://download.downloadinfo104.com/download/201/.../?_s=up7p7lnr1u0rhqlpbn3gik5s1b5201qu23tcsleqktnnpkem7140-e5c82928dccf9d726db4dde2ec7fbb85

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