install-openoffice-2.exe

Lotaduh

Cpc Net Advertising LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The file install-openoffice-2.exe, “Lotaduh Setup ” by Cpc Net Advertising 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Fanoto   (signed by Cpc Net Advertising LLC)

Product:
Lotaduh

Description:
Lotaduh Setup

MD5:
a652affc67cd61b6bd634ccfbcd7ff7e

SHA-1:
ac05f67fc913fcaf0192d02bc3706a3839a620ca

SHA-256:
542b5be401d2d8c6d5d172162fa02e219b0b0855f8eb05930f261be5bba12562

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 2:50:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.CpcNetAdvertising.Installer (M)
16.2.25.11

File size:
1 MB (1,079,968 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0

Copyright:
Lite Web

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\install-openoffice-2.exe.cox6068.partial

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/1/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/1/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cpc Net Advertising LLC, OU=IT, O=Cpc Net Advertising LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2BC1DD7AA35DE89A0D5276ECD7AE32AF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cINVhH8+kTLe7QVPOTW3Dv1w72i6RFjKT0HDxBYAK0Dc:cIv1caQVGTIDvW687

Entry address:
0x9C40

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file install-openoffice-2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 16 URLs.

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