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openoffice - chip-installer.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application openoffice - chip-installer.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from x.chip.de.

File name:

Publisher:

CHIP Digital GmbH (signed and verified)

Description:

CHIP Secured Installer

Version:

2.0.6.0

MD5:

8906c56c58f5d3ebbe2e7b292f41a835

SHA-1:

45af53391c90263d7608ecf4ad74011bfdfbbc09

SHA-256:

ca10faa40471128f041f6b729fa324ff0ecd01aa18e2281f557152c878eeaa62

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially 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:

11/23/2024 2:20:04 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.ChipDigital.Bundler (M)

16.8.11.3

File size:

1.4 MB (1,474,568 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.6.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Covus

Language:

German (Germany)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\openoffice - chip-installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/27/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/27/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, OU=Download Development, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Strasse 66, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00B0564F3FBF54F6269517864BB24329FC

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/24/2016 2:16:24 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Fq5TfcdHj4fmb9Ve9l2qPK26wQzLMnUAFFIfHWEzKJ9TtrWgXiFurFtW0zQJ9Ttc:FUTsamC9lxtFB5lFI5c

Entry address:

0x1E8900

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 50, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, E6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B... 
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Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file openoffice - chip-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://x.chip.de/intern/dl/?url=http://www.chip.de/.../?lastchange=110220161429&pid=chipderedesign&cid=54383364&euid=5c01bd53eb2b82e3d261c0c9&source=BLUB2&browser=chrome&ref=&tid=39020&tname=Büro-Software&v=oct2015&pageLayout=withinstaller|e51

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