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mozilla_firefox.exe

Installer Application

Bully Unity LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application mozilla_firefox.exe, “Installer Application Setup ” by Bully Unity 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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
DownloadAstro  (signed by Bully Unity LTD)

Product:
Installer Application

Description:
Installer Application Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_33474

MD5:
f00c7e0ee33376a5ab7303503cb76c6f

SHA-1:
aa6e0edfa5bc2c73b55d2fc96831d0d50ad70970

SHA-256:
b3a487b52b3d87932a1e39cad752e76f3201cd3b6c2bfe44658b203dcfe7b14d

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 6:33:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.26.10

File size:
772 KB (790,560 bytes)

Product version:
3.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bully Unity LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/23/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/24/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bully Unity LTD, O=Bully Unity LTD, STREET=24 Kanfei Nesharim, L=Jerusalem, S=Israel, PostalCode=9546439, C=IL

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

Serial number:
576ED6C3B25057AC69546AA4FFAE8B4C

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):
24576:u+sKs9fadey1vuaIXbL1fPvW3tjDSI8XinLS:uRKJOjXbLJnWdjDSI8f

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

http://cdn2.downloadastro.com/?ic_user_id=646

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