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notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe

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The application notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe by Safe Downloads has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 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 content.officialopendownloads.com.
Publisher:
Safe Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5e3da7c1d2063ff002a20b71a0be4684

SHA-1:
26c3959d8875566cae7af9c41635efef3ede2baf

SHA-256:
c93907448e0b10a9adc16c21cf9af86de6846ecca808cd0cd1d1ea05551c7fc2

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/25/2024 9:54:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.190.0

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QF (variant)
8.10816

Sophos
Generic PUA CG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1119
7.2.338

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
35364

File size:
812.4 KB (831,864 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Downloads

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/11/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Downloads, O=Safe Downloads, STREET=2911 State Street, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

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

Serial number:
7F513316C38621855C3DC287AE382022

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PpCg54IKW5zNBOH8U7l8j5YKCDUF5CA3eAJws:P0gdKW5zjOH+OU3eLs

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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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Entropy:
7.8754

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://content.officialopendownloads.com/?ic_user_id=598

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