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internet-explorer.exe

Click run software

The application internet-explorer.exe by Click run software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from internet-explorer.todownload.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Click run software  (signed and verified)

MD5:
679f9639c9ab6eb54e1b3f1744a99ae3

SHA-1:
3b6fa2dffa2cdf1f92b257cd4a78ead0b7fe12d3

SHA-256:
d2e2614626b7150964878c2213dac1f3a8aa0e59943e18dbb4509c26913bcc2c

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.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 8:25:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.26.23

File size:
1 MB (1,050,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\internet-explorer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Click run software

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/18/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/19/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Click run software, O=Click run software, STREET=63 Rotshylid Shderot, L=Tel-Aviv, S=NA, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A243E49C0DAF69F7C5ACF083EB184161

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WWgWYaPAdmwiUw846R9u7gwhktXfi1Wm8L6mtMHOSxP9:6B2Fwig47gwGtXfa8xtC/P

Entry address:
0xC19E0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 80, 0D, 41, 00, E8, 1B, F0, FF, FF, 8B, 1E, 89, 18, 89, 06, 42, 83, FA, 64, 75, EC, 8B, 06, 8B, 10, 89, 16, 5E, 5B, C3, 90, 89, 00, 89, 40, 04, C3, 8B, C0, 53, 56, 8B, F2, 8B, D8, E8, 9D, FF, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 05, 33, C0, 5E, 5B, C3, 8B, 16, 89, 50, 08, 8B, 56, 04, 89, 50, 0C, 8B, 13, 89, 10, 89, 58, 04, 89, 42, 04, 89, 03, B0, 01, 5E, 5B, C3, 8B, 50, 04, 8B, 08, 89, 0A, 89, 51, 04, 8B, 15, E0, A5, 47, 00, 89, 10, A3, E0, A5, 47, 00, C3, 53, 56, 57, 55, 51, 8B, F1, 89, 14, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.9529

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
788 KB (806,912 bytes)

The file internet-explorer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://internet-explorer.todownload.com/get/file/.../58740?gclid=CL3V7piS-bACFYTd4AodVWBNGA&

http://internet-explorer.todownload.com/get/file/.../58740?gclid=CMrF8dq6k7ECFQed7QodmV5ggQ&

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