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hotmail_setup.exe

The application hotmail_setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloader.inbox2me.com.
MD5:
9fdb714bc0288ba08e166dbf0ec9ab69

SHA-1:
fd7e74cbb72457f1d289efbaae1b8338f7ec21f9

SHA-256:
b40e8ec4055b5c69091c2250669dce63bb2736b9d26e0d4d1d7163f3319458d8

Scanner detections:
23 / 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.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 10:36:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.DealPly.J
844

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCo.HB
7.11.177.234

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141003-0

AVG
Adware Generic5.BDFT
2014.0.4037

Bitdefender
Adware.DealPly.J
1.0.20.1430

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Dealply
0.98/19507

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.I
19791

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.86, Adware.InstallCore.122
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.DealPly
8.14.10.13.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Adware.DealPly.J
11.2014-13-10_2

G Data
Adware.DealPly
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13662

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.DealPly.J
15.0.0.858

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnbof
0.28.2.62671

nProtect
Adware.DealPly.J
14.10.12.01

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.InstallCore!6.4
23.00.65.141011

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.InstallCore
10302

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

File size:
593.1 KB (607,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fHyMJfs8dPOrwVJfGGhp8QTxFmyJd5jiOVBv23G2a4aezGx:vyMJfskWruJfFp9ay75zO3G2a4bCx

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7638

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://downloader.inbox2me.com/download.php?id=9b2e2f919cf6e607b7fcc1b0852cd831118b99c2&z=0&p=eyJweSI6ImliIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJ1cyIsIm8iOiJ3aW43IiwiYiI6ImNoMjgiLCJ1X2lkIjoiaWJfNTFmOTczZDk3ODI5ZjcuMDE1MTM5NzIiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjAiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDItMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzc1MzAyNjE3LCJrdyI6ImhvdG1haWwuY29tIHNpZ25pbiIsImN1IjoiaG90bWFpbC5jb20gc2lnbmluIn0=

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