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HWiNFO32

Martin Malik - REALiX

The application hwinfo.exe, “HWiNFO32 Setup ” by Martin Malik - REALiX has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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.
Publisher:
Martin Malík - REALiX   (signed by Martin Malik - REALiX)

Product:
HWiNFO32

Description:
HWiNFO32 Setup

MD5:
fc0afda307f296d6e7a129a0d56e1bcd

SHA-1:
4614f96c27ef9993dd9cc90af9cdcf09b4fb5bc9

SHA-256:
a486b7473d35611ec701b3b48f19b44473424546de5b03766d21fca2a877f5b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
11/27/2024 12:17:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.IM (L)
17.2.23.3

File size:
2.4 MB (2,564,360 bytes)

Product version:
4.36

Copyright:
Copyright ©1999-2014 Martin Malík - REALiX

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Martin Malik - REALiX

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/20/2012 6:26:42 PM

Valid to:
7/21/2015 6:26:42 PM

Subject:
CN=Martin Malik - REALiX, O=Martin Malik - REALiX, L=Bratislava, S=Bratislava, C=SK

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

Serial number:
11217744F4734203086E7A2B2312FE1225D5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9672

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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