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installer.exe

The application installer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 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 holyfile.com.
MD5:
ad8be593dd720091fb27e77ffd0b8c65

SHA-1:
f750c0a7e9ce145956856b8a43e73f68f8a97a48

SHA-256:
a60776fc7dcd1f0736fce47fc8c484e05946338b0d62931d7b0ae12532b68812

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallIQ (by InstallX) software bundler that may include toolbars and other browser extensions offers.

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 2:34:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.AI.36
7.11.150.22

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150816

Bkav FE
W32.Clod2b7.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18304

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.133
9.0.1.0228

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
9.9811

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallIQ
8/16/2015

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_installer.exe (Adware)
2015.10.1.0

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Agent
v2015.08.16.09

McAfee
Artemis!AD8BE593DD72
5600.6671

Norman
InstallCore.WGAW
11.20150816

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.c1d
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.8.16.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.15814

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
29290

File size:
601.6 KB (616,032 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\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):
12288:2OyMJfsGAeuRth9TIr3CxJR2yhvlCfL34nhB56kTjzFRaZGmoLoW/x1AWEfCC:2OyMJfsLeuRthNIrIRBhvlye5XTjz5FO

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8279

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://holyfile.com/load/abandonware/adventure/.../5056

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