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Pafo

The application installer.exe, “Pafo Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.quickfiles2pc.com and multiple other hosts.
Product:
Pafo

Description:
Pafo Setup

Version:
1.1.1.0

MD5:
efe346041400e489c0f84f5d484efde9

SHA-1:
2fb9f1bea6a11af4321aeeed78d93ed76de6d36d

SHA-256:
cb384612abdbe4449ddacaa9942c5d44bce8abc9395453e3c2b90bf8f16b2593

Scanner detections:
3 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 6:54:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AFO.gen potentially unwanted (variant)
10.13053

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.2.22.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.InstallCore!1.A30C [F]
23.00.65.16212

File size:
545.4 KB (558,481 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

Copyright:
Lite installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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:HjJG9sI4I7vfS+MH1Bwgl2v0VRl7q3C8pJth:HjJkspifSHHMky07l7uh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.7667

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.quickfiles2pc.com/Installer.exe

http://www.gifttourbulk.com/.../installer.exe

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