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installer.exe

The application installer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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.bulkbundlescity.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
01f7f52c5ee319b71c1f0cf245b6da21

SHA-1:
5332f7859bf0753b9931be9c58a25309bdbadd86

SHA-256:
8df206b5963f95b6096a233d614f483d6081eb977465757ff3f12f97efbb2d95

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/28/2024 10:01:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2016.03.01

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.653
9.0.1.061

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AFY potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
3/1/2016

McAfee
Artemis!01F7F52C5EE3
5600.6474

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler (M)
16.3.7.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
478.2 KB (489,703 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/27/2015 12:38:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FXZqiwRnhCY9JBQpXNnpIw1YMRiEja704:FXwiohCY9kpXNpnNRi7p

Entry address:
0x310D

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, 88, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, E4, 2D, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, 7C, 91, 40, 00, E8, 65, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 74, 91, 40, 00, E8, 5B, 2D, 00, 00, 68, 68, 91, 40, 00, E8, 51, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, B4, 2D, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, 44, EC, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.9714

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

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

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

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