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notepad ++ setup.exe

Kos

INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application notepad ++ setup.exe, “Kos Setup ” by INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED 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 file has been seen being downloaded from www.packagecurrentcenter.com.
Publisher:
INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kos

Description:
Kos Setup

Version:
3.6.3.3

MD5:
cdf986cee3475f6bf15a94c6aca22c24

SHA-1:
5211e88dac393ea139c2b2f687b5068f1cea7656

SHA-256:
ed6fdd76ff067464c80900e88a4b87c665b7a1aaf4a157dd294b4ac93602ea21

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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 5:33:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.INSTALLM.Installer (M)
16.6.14.8

File size:
955.6 KB (978,528 bytes)

Product version:
5.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\notepad ++ setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/27/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/27/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, O=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, STREET="Level 27, Pwc Tower 188 Quay Street", L=Auckland, S=Auckland, PostalCode=1010, C=NZ

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

Serial number:
009592A0A959B5B7A09737A266B9D98E3E

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NFDaCWON9YjYWd7J6da2GzSG1+gF4HwKnfItgTAyr9qZYDaHtJBj0VdHhgg:NFD3P4YC7s0Cs+k4Q6fXAyr9qZEWiHx

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:
7.9311

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file notepad ++ setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.packagecurrentcenter.com/c?x=6rGvj1k3DT10AbNGGEksNbBbqN9va9cuW5OhI JoFPs=&c=g8qKKw6kldkaGF7eiRM6ZSKvmt 9z18LlW/2EMYcNhLWG/2anSdBRDuvAfOe75hajuTSAelkR/WChAH6ulB6UnEDdSPDAFPnHVRa/ZYAKMRjjXagNH9t/jMyKO7i0wqvKQOyP87n8qHDTNAkBfnAlQzIA6uomDQ3FouUO1/4ys0=&e=1&downloadAs=Notepad Setup.exe&fallback_url=https://notepad-plus-plus.org/repository/6.x/.../npp.6.8.3.Installer.exe

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