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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.capitalbitsmeta.com.

File name:

paint-net.exe

Publisher:

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

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_59214

MD5:

53229e996228754c97df7315539e617a

SHA-1:

3e7608dc4937c45502bb59cb1bfd577422c794f8

SHA-256:

f91577ebc869ed10e79688a8c7e7d55f50c28b0414002dc3871bb0c475b23602

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/27/2024 3:35:52 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)

16.7.27.7

File size:

915.9 KB (937,880 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_59214

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\paint-net.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 5:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 8:23:54 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 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:qvKv1P8DGFiu57x5SEFzeFigd58SwkYIbtu3:aMeIfqCw46s

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:

7.9324

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.capitalbitsmeta.com/c?x=ok5benqhj2lBZriAIYnI93NBqs5JGRPHVJozYF95L4g=&c=2Rc6VxuLJuvFpQs8tl 9YvlucR23Ek cscn/0O/sF65ynieUcxE5y5tal5o8XFaI5squKLc6UJRxg/8N3726DIhJNyZCNztwFpquo2wL89C6nRMbZo5di2kd6urq8WOI&downloadAs=paint-net.zip&fallback_url=http://download-1.com/softwares/.../Paint.NET-3.5.10.Install.zip

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