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kindle-for-pc.exe

Program Setup

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application kindle-for-pc.exe by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria) 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 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 www.currentbundlesuniverse.com.

File name:

kindle-for-pc.exe

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

MD5:

5f12d1956e2122ce15f375610a44793b

SHA-1:

4c089a11bf004b403dd0a5544691778d11a92013

SHA-256:

dacafb6dacfab6ae8972211138d470778f8f833948edf2edccf885e3dd4535b1

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

12/25/2024 4:47:26 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)

16.8.7.17

File size:

925.7 KB (947,944 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\kindle-for-pc.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 5:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 8:23:54 AM

Subject:

CN=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

1121DC9E5F7E1CC5DF0CA4ED082CF7EB9D86

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):

24576:nlvBVyRPu2r/kW3pxhda9Af0tbSH2nR99TOIknoDwME:n52Q2LkWrSrSWxvDDE

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:

7.9317

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file kindle-for-pc.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.currentbundlesuniverse.com/c?x=4vOOi9iuxCnlpO2wgnCfKOD6lhA mbycORqGPJ4JtM=&c=zpd4y2FLOt56vt6eh9IUXLNAwZ va7VqEJvBTmiNT UX94yYBsTatbtNpAa5DjdKKiQATDp39 IlsZOoNL3DkQ/Q1P2QnHCp JNIF4hkFgJBK4i1anM4WEmIMH9ufb6s&downloadAs=kindle-for-pc.exe&fallback_url=http://download-1.com/softwares/.../KindleForPC-installer.exe

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