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Max Uninstaller

Ideakee Inc

The application maxuninstaller_setup.exe, “Max Uninstaller Setup ” by Ideakee Inc 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.how-to-uninstall-program.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://www.maxuninstaller.com/   (signed by Ideakee Inc)

Product:
Max Uninstaller

Description:
Max Uninstaller Setup

MD5:
29adbac156eebf9c72736a0d275646be

SHA-1:
88b5ff1bdd4971c2d2c4787dde8ebc479e9c54c3

SHA-256:
f26d486d1d489454ee1071da7e78922bbda3277d7947541cef36e290f2b1bb1c

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:
12/29/2024 12:11:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.U
14.4.10.22

File size:
3.2 MB (3,362,744 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ideakee Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/19/2012 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/20/2013 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ideakee Inc, O=Ideakee Inc, STREET="1104# Asphodel Pavilion,Hengxiang Garden 18 LIjiangRoad", L=Guilin, S=Guangxi, PostalCode=541004, C=CN

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

Serial number:
00BCB072086DF6A3229C9893EE4873CDFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/21/2011 1:16:50 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:296h6rNkwjLu50LNZaPU6P4fYIiEYzDtfi87G:Ue6xdi0iwgIiP3zi

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B0, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 4E, EC, FF, FF, E8, F5, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, AC, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, AC, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9836

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file maxuninstaller_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.how-to-uninstall-program.com/MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe

http://maxuninstaller.com/MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe

http://www.2-windowserrors.com/MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe

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