openoffice.exe

App

Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application openoffice.exe, “App Setup ” by Setup Quality (Fried Cookie) 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 setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
App

Description:
App Setup

Version:
3.2.2.6

MD5:
ec57ed9a264b8d5fe7877d7891bf1234

SHA-1:
b64e2c1b8276de9c08f451853501868b4a83ba92

SHA-256:
cf89959288bd842d423f3899ad153aec886bc09086cbb7ad068e4e9a535470b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
11/29/2024 9:47:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.8.1

File size:
958.9 KB (981,864 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.4

Copyright:
Software Installer Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\openoffice.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 3:23:08 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 4:32:29 PM

Subject:
CN=Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121734671448CB8540659135FEB5A8E8573

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:R5alQV3wDKPpTWC02RgPiFUc2Dp/Uw576C7o/xE:RI0wDK5LRgPiFUc+JvR7Oq

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file openoffice.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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