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installer_adobe_flash_player_english.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_flash_player_english.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 freempr13.treredada.com.
Publisher:
Free Software LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b11e6130e027a45d82297c7a87ea138e

SHA-1:
020b0cb6c30d2f15dbb8bfe8f44941142a6b8d5c

SHA-256:
3257f449a8e27bdb146f6d1f3892bcad3f0a34b4a7d698cfc776ad331f19a9de

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:
11/5/2024 11:30:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.FreeSoftware (M)
16.3.7.1

File size:
793.5 KB (812,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Free Software LLC

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
8/1/2014 6:08:01 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 7:23:49 AM

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZKFTIENy3+ZSijrkfj0NF3I1zG8gnqZuDUYp799Sp:ZYUrijrkfjOF41hgq4UYD8

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8869

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://freempr13.treredada.com/.../download?p=VELISMEDIA1&trckid=CTreEBdCnmApkohnrqZL3eSc-Rz6epZLyaX1UA3JAQIXTZICzTfMEQFjuNuGl2d-aWG8NaaA5GHOxsG9S23POhiw_o_V0Fqf837HNXf9GNzNcevpT-5bLfzs3P152Ke_sG9qOkbfdfAxAnGEenEwvD4BGUdm6QWQFP-NMNlF0_Lv8bS18tJqkuGgmof_6IlODyOTNDLy7i41K9ozTdGDHdCn58T_HSwJ_G83H09dKgli2Irk4u7JwnAM9bmATLIfwBOqP0ORRJFqmrd19gYbBJS7668157Ksmdh7yIABuvAAdlA7-etSlrHqALNO-_KurMdUR_2AqquUZPNQ2bP1F2e8wMJvVfLok9KVJKIro-NTLsshreFEJaD_HCZUU1K63F7_pMP3PYS2hEn1vMBxEnnK266Lt58a3Q-b6NBAJxSm1w

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