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Potegaco

The executable installer.exe, “Potegaco Setup ” has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.hosttowerbest.com and multiple other hosts.
Product:
Potegaco

Description:
Potegaco Setup

Version:
4.4.7

MD5:
fbd92a08b7ee9b292b0e17134cb4377e

SHA-1:
dad1c18f2f04137730320f05efe0a774574394aa

SHA-256:
4aeb4378cfe54c466587881931157a39e1156d8ef63fb3c36963c4bad77ef1ef

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 11:24:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
(M)
16.6.18.0

File size:
450.3 KB (461,107 bytes)

Product version:
4.4.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pQi3STM79URA3Avzg4xx9SFTbJslL//plmW9bTXeVhDrlMVVs4:pQiiTMZuLvzg4qnJslrPSVhtGVv

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:
7.9317

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 9 URLs.

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.applicationcitybinaries.com/johnkarynjones/.../installer.exe

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

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

http://www.clearcyclevault.com/donaldlisaleonard/.../installer.exe

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