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googlechromesetup.exe

Generic Program

Installer Program

The application googlechromesetup.exe, “Generic Program Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 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:
Installer Program

Product:
Generic Program

Description:
Generic Program Setup

MD5:
e44756fd51a702614dda2174b525e18e

SHA-1:
520b813621b806eef943c06aa5600fe42df96587

SHA-256:
10a335ae5d19070917c16fe5d2bf831b8dfd85b618c8e85cd424f7dbaf4ea50f

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
12/26/2024 5:39:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15619

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.YK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.EG
15.6.25

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.7.17.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
751.2 KB (769,252 bytes)

Product version:
1.8

Copyright:
Generic

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 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:JlaprAK6vrKr1gVdCAWQZXqwn4dBTqX5ch7FdYh36FgyimHsvy8Uh:JlahABr61mdCAB6wnSBGX5chPrJMvyPh

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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Entropy:
7.8814

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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