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The application notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe, “Generic Setup ” by Safe Downloads has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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)

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

MD5:
ec68b4179ccc357eee35c127caad5b86

SHA-1:
582c314b9da674605bc094716a6727583acfb84e

SHA-256:
ebd115cbe5dbebb6952c0784b8df69c8959abe3b8d19183e7bb317a60f8e058a

Scanner detections:
9 / 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 9:52:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen4
7.11.204.208

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15313

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TL (variant)
9.11064

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
6/20/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of apache_openoffice_v4.0.1.exe
2015.6.20.1

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1217
7.2.72

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
36918

File size:
790.4 KB (809,408 bytes)

Product version:
4.1

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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2015 3:59:59 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 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vBBGDbKfgMJq3vwtUKdQdc4nalbeTTKf2f:v/GfK4Juec42e/0g

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:
7.8765

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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