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openoffice.exe

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Advertiso GMBH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application openoffice.exe, “Application Setup ” by Advertiso GMBH 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. 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:
Web Application Generic   (signed by Advertiso GMBH)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
82bb28a4b64c5266a05296746cbfe8e6

SHA-1:
bea130b45c3a8c643de3ce1bad130ff5ac6a9d81

SHA-256:
bcebd24e26a504c6d69ec3a1f861ec202fd86f43d4def208b716bf1d4c31398f

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:
12/25/2024 12:59:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.27.13

File size:
793 KB (812,000 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openoffice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advertiso GMBH

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/30/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/30/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GMBH, OU=IT, O=Advertiso GMBH, L=Hamburg, S=GERMANY, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
593D173F4B1C49660CF42C340F9CB0D5

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:DBjjroKM4Sdw0LoCGqmiZDNp2lMGq3eG8NT:Dh3oB5wEGaZDNp2fb

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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