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Paltalk Software, Inc.

The application pal_install_iron_r132089.exe, “Software Setup ” by Paltalk Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 jd2cdn.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Paltalk Software, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software

Description:
Software Setup

MD5:
0657e02ee2ac20bc58bc1c1899444ff2

SHA-1:
8d75c0eb3206ebe763a75c26652ed5f365f00a81

SHA-256:
abeba324c2494f677023bc4d1cdea890cb54137a64017dab125a19babcfed44a

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 4:31:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.2417
7.11.217.124

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3135

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WF potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11324

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_pal_install_iron_u42121181_a729_r109725_p153.exe
2015.7.20.2

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.PalTalk.Installer.Meta (L)
16.1.28.0

File size:
1.2 MB (1,211,560 bytes)

Product version:
4.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\pal_install_iron_r132089.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Paltalk Software, Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/31/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/1/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Paltalk Software, Inc.", OU=IT, O="Paltalk Software, Inc.", L=Jericho, S=New York, C=US

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

Serial number:
36623532375F7DFBF5BFC171713351F0

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:d5vLQ0vP2saUdbjmKuVGCfqfSueM4oAvhcoE8MtGS5ugux2TrhbICZ:dNLQiOsaUljmKuQaueMfAvhG8fevq2Th

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:
7.8946

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file pal_install_iron_r132089.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://jd2cdn.com/.../pal_install_iron_r132089.exe&u={8676EF27-0090-4410-9218-019498B1E48C}

http://cdn.paltalk-content.com/?ic_user_id=9279

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