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miro_openinstall.exe

Participatory Culture Foundation

The application miro_openinstall.exe by Participatory Culture Foundation has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 icdn.getmirofiles.com.
Publisher:
Participatory Culture Foundation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f11b39c11894709042907386449e8b89

SHA-1:
bd33005e39bd5808314fa513f20d543a129af073

SHA-256:
cb2f2280bbcdc2bb34be2c9e43ef64d0e6ca6ab0b76e7cbe8dc8d9d9220e647e

Scanner detections:
2 / 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.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:24:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QC (variant)
8.10482

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParticipatoryCultureFoundation.Q
14.9.30.21

File size:
730.3 KB (747,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Participatory Culture Foundation

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/29/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/30/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Participatory Culture Foundation, OU=IT, O=Participatory Culture Foundation, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4218E962A32C9FE95E05126381ECC2FA

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:Afvpp9Ja28N2ih6+D89BIsbkPSG0bsUwXPqmtTFeHn8OYnrTgc2Ib20:AfvP98N2ih3iBIsboS7ghXP9tQH8OYrr

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 miro_openinstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://icdn.getmirofiles.com/Miro_openinstall.exe

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