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Downloadcentral ApS

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application installer.exe by Downloadcentral ApS has been detected as adware 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.
Publisher:
Downloadcentral ApS  (signed and verified)

MD5:
40bfb1383674cab2847effabfa92bee7

SHA-1:
3670c5d87c49f18167c4f4c6c59d3387fa8126ba

SHA-256:
e9e7f502b4d407921cbaf20c07c89f4ac82cc7fed26ca7c5f19877128d4ec509

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/26/2024 1:50:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.12.11.2

File size:
1 MB (1,090,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Downloadcentral ApS

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/10/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Downloadcentral ApS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Downloadcentral ApS, L=Odense, S=Odense, C=DK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3E0CD42145109655AB37716301DF2ABC

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCAE60

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 5C, 5B, 41, 00, E8, DD, E1, FF, FF, 10, EB, 0A, 8B, 36, 81, FE, E4, 45, 46, 00, 75, BC, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 8B, C0, 53, 56, 57, 55, 51, 8B, D8, 8B, F3, 81, C6, FF, 0F, 00, 00, 81, E6, 00, F0, FF, FF, 89, 34, 24, 8B, EB, 03, EA, 81, E5, 00, F0, FF, FF, 8B, 04, 24, 89, 01, 8B, C5, 2B, 04, 24, 89, 41, 04, 8B, 35, E4, 45, 46, 00, EB, 38, 8B, 5E, 08, 8B, 7E, 0C, 03, FB, 3B, 1C, 24, 73, 03, 8B, 1C, 24, 3B, EF, 73, 02, 8B, FD, 3B, FB, 76, 1C, 68, 00, 40, 00, 00, 2B, FB, 57...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
826 KB (845,824 bytes)

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