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nfsmoon.exe

The application nfsmoon.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 newfreescreensavers.com.
MD5:
68fe55e7d4614b2e5782c260495fc15a

SHA-1:
b9453cce198c5c8d9d0b07096cf2f1511f73c84e

SHA-256:
4cafdfc255b278746929b72864c0c5b1c6a65ac6e86e97a000283bde5c55a963

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:38:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/InstallCore.AS.43
7.11.110.156

Bkav FE
W32.Clodbb3.Trojan
1.3.0.4261

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.DO (variant)
10.8996

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.173.10067

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Freemium.A
v2016.07.14.12

McAfee
Artemis!68FE55E7D461
5600.6339

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ENG (M)
16.7.14.0

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.94

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
9023

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1020
7.2.196

File size:
618.5 KB (633,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

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):
12288:ZMJfsGrRBJDkPGt5WZ+f7CpkY1abWAutMlpI6bgdiOYFFcC/Z:ZMJfsMjmPA5Ac0EC7tMI60JYFFd/Z

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7749

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file nfsmoon.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://newfreescreensavers.com/download/.../nfsmoon

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