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 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from freempr9.jrcaaa.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Free Software LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
892774e02de1de5bf14c51ea993f0c47

SHA-1:
a05835bbf2b2c4949d7788f8844068e1041cec10

SHA-256:
222909387283fde1aa0720ca7f6c3100560fba0cbcbc8416037f75420edec5a9

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
11/25/2024 1:53:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3248

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.SC (variant)
8.10833

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller
v2014.12.27.02

McAfee
Artemis!892774E02DE1
5600.6904

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FreeSoftware.e
14.12.27.2

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1204
7.2.361

VIPRE Antivirus
Vittalia Installer
35450

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
Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
8/1/2014 2:38:01 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 3:53:49 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:
6/20/1992 2:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:aKFTIENy3+ZSijrkfj0NF3I1zG8gnqZuDUYp799Sp:aYUrijrkfjOF41hgq4UYD8

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 12 URLs.

http://freempr9.jrcaaa.com/down.php?p=REVENUE&trckid=003767484016662800973

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