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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:
bac0d12f06b23e645d89c8eddcdad18d

SHA-1:
e765e884434472c9b8f0c34a9b6b0e7cc9bf4e96

SHA-256:
c4a2d9f75482eedf6003eb228fbdde76383ff6387170abe21316b27ec7481618

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 1:02:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.1.4.5

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:
7/9/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/10/2013 8:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCA960

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 94, 0B, 41, 00, E8, A0, D3, FF, FF, 68, 00, 80, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 56, E8, EF, FC, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 0A, C7, 05, C0, 55, 47, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C3, E8, 8A, FD, FF, FF, 8B, DF, 81, FB, E4, 55, 47, 00, 75, A7, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 33, D2, 89, 10, 83, 7C, 24, 0C, 00, 74, 19, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 89, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 54, 24, 04, 89, 42, 04, 83, C4, 14, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 53, 56, 57, 55, 83, C4, F4, 89, 4C, 24, 04, 89, 14, 24, 8B, D0, 8B, EA, 81, E5...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
826 KB (845,824 bytes)

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