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paint-net.exe

Program Setup

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application paint-net.exe by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria) 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.currentbundlesuniverse.com.

File name:

paint-net.exe

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

MD5:

82816b3be35b5d64373181df72754519

SHA-1:

386c16e1f6cad2d5aa9a39d7572197e45eb35632

SHA-256:

4d20e017e2950fffbd80bbda8932c3d8e75e1ec040773787b996da6458704371

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:

12/25/2024 4:12:15 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)

16.8.7.19

File size:

925.7 KB (947,944 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_60055

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\paint-net.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 8:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 11:23:54 AM

Subject:

CN=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121DC9E5F7E1CC5DF0CA4ED082CF7EB9D86

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):

24576:/lvBVyRPu2r/kW3pxhda9Af0tbSH2nR99TOIknoDwME:/52Q2LkWrSrSWxvDDE

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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Entropy:

7.9317

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file paint-net.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.currentbundlesuniverse.com/c?x=v6Z4Bn4Y5itQvu0WkvLb GtHhOnQxYwe4XfuzrCexr4=&c=DBxnR4980zJq6Ry MWnudUD/NCG5YfmpO2GLAfQHqpo0xxa20GlrmC4XfZ7g/T3ZLhHKGBIle0f1dga7WZ6ZLeOZyGPb5jsBKIZwkkOM8iOAtJQjC8B/ NeR2V37TfLkdkWBnaPFgzZccRg9LYDlpp4OdDqIExlashDxQ8xvfr4=&downloadAs=paint-net.zip&fallback_url=http://download-1.com/softwares/.../Paint.NET-3.5.10.Install.zip

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