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mipony-installer.exe

Max Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application mipony-installer.exe by Max Setup has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from windows.softwareweb.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Max Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3b0f525c9e47a163d240a2c67a8a385a

SHA-1:
93c14ca0ff34c122ce723c1526d55e61f7353e0f

SHA-256:
f78269e0aef6fde11f3d309fa02a1f4f9d1b9679c4320dd9d1e0b2fcdab30193

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
11/15/2024 2:49:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.InstallCore
2015.0.3500

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0108

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MJ (variant)
8.9694

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
4/18/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11806

McAfee
Artemis!3B0F525C9E47
5600.7156

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSetup.Q
14.4.18.13

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0417
7.2.108

File size:
585.7 KB (599,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\mipony-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/10/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/11/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Setup, O=Max Setup, STREET=Lillienblam 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
008F6F1294DBB38F9F80A7A06DE489DF45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KiCLpiYs9vgf2afd9DKzp7Xd9r3DmHY5tUDnfxWHWTmFZq:KJL8Ys9vg+afd1Kzp5t3D/gDspFY

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file mipony-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://windows.softwareweb.com/download-file/104410573/demo/.../

http://download.mipony.net/.../Mipony-Installer.exe

http://www.mipony.net/.../Mipony-Installer.exe

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