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googlechromesetup.exe

Generic Soft

Prog Internet

The application googlechromesetup.exe, “Generic Soft Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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:
Prog Internet

Product:
Generic Soft

Description:
Generic Soft Setup

MD5:
6d6b0bca72d5aac8981bd22b88b4f082

SHA-1:
2a658af56a688b12472abf23d6f3d220e829b942

SHA-256:
380d6835c7d234808b78deebd0dff4ebfe29b435dfbb22c19061f6700dbf254f

Scanner detections:
6 / 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.

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:
11/24/2024 7:24:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1572

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZC potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.7.1.20

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0603
7.2.183

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

File size:
686.6 KB (703,029 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.2

Copyright:
Web Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QQ1a9dzj0JS6jh/VDgDbCJ+m3yPYZbK1arjH9jMG32LUz1ZKfRuPyKy7S:QQ1cdP0hjh/tgDWJh3yPuWarRBGLoZKw

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:
7.8879

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://happy-download.com/?dl=1&pi=ATn1OTCdNZCRNg==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&dr=cHaWck1jIHvJ KLm2r0Wc32lDXiyvENyhKvEvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z1VLyDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXziRAzAzOZMFASDPDdlChV83NjgyNzA4ATiy&pd=2323UExJck1EIXDlUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AzndAj70AZMq

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to geetos.info  (92.242.140.21:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-77-220-53.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.77.220.53:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-96-231.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.96.231:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-153-163.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.153.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-225-207-45.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.225.207.45:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-186-47-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.186.47.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-107-20-182-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (107.20.182.77:80)

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