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installer_adobe_acrobat_professional_11_0_portuguese.exe

Free Software LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application installer_adobe_acrobat_professional_11_0_portuguese.exe by Free Software 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from portuguese.eazel.com.
Publisher:
Free Software LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
581a06f9ce4e276d1fb2d832eb1e51ae

SHA-1:
e697485873ef6da5d98da102a2ab01f69f8c573d

SHA-256:
bd24168614f16513ff5f9ce5b4b83b62c231cbf3ab1b10fd6b7024941360a62a

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:05:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.FreeSoft (M)
16.7.4.18

File size:
676.7 KB (692,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_adobe_acrobat_professional_11_0_portuguese.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Free Software LLC

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
8/1/2014 11:08:01 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 12:23:49 PM

Subject:
CN=Free Software LLC, O=Free Software LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27DD6AADCC34E6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/6/2014 11:36:24 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RTfTyMohF7EDXdBVOR25/dsKFhRp3rlVwM2:RTfTyMqFAXNtFp3rlU

Entry address:
0x1975B

Entry point:
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Code size:
362.5 KB (371,200 bytes)

The file installer_adobe_acrobat_professional_11_0_portuguese.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://portuguese.eazel.com/program/download_start/.../

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