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googleearthsetup.exe

Abcid Marketing Inc

The application googleearthsetup.exe by Abcid Marketing Inc has been detected as adware by 15 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.epiclabhosting.com.
Publisher:
Abcid Marketing Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1c245566333bd2bf731e8d8e9d905861

SHA-1:
89347d2129c2ba9a82781a8a2ef4345b2773e2df

SHA-256:
e59b2b7d0c8877cdd462baf3da089834e368ee9a9f5a11f614f4355285a115af

Scanner detections:
15 / 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.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:44:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen9
8.3.2.2

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.2915

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7237

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
23366

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.38104
9.0.1.0329

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZK potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12366

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
11/25/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.210.17446

McAfee
Artemis!1C245566333B
5600.6571

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dnxkgj
0.30.26.3947

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.AbcidMarketing.Installer (M)
15.11.25.1

Sophos
Generic PUA IJ (PUA)
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
44338

File size:
714.8 KB (731,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\googleearthsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Abcid Marketing Inc

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/18/2014 8:16:04 AM

Valid to:
9/19/2015 8:16:04 AM

Subject:
CN=Abcid Marketing Inc, O=Abcid Marketing Inc, L=Beaconsfield, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F69CAA887562584EAAF849FB705C1EDC

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):
12288:RaJvpyvEXfsYYzb/KGdm1JpGKXq6NW/ntMIyHc+NEtT80KuJYcVb2KU:R0veeEZNm1bGK6IW/t0Hco0KuFFdU

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:
7.8184

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.epiclabhosting.com/?ic_user_id=9192

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