» PDFCreator-1_6_0_setup.exe
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PDFCreator-1_6_0_setup.exe

PDFCreator

Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR

The application PDFCreator-1_6_0_setup.exe, “PDFCreator is the easy way of creating PDFs.” by Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.

File name:

Publisher:

pdfforge GbR (signed by Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR)

Product:

PDFCreator

Description:

PDFCreator is the easy way of creating PDFs.

Version:

1.6.0

MD5:

8659428356f3b71884e4c0d15f31e9e4

SHA-1:

7ce3280ded928953c7d97810ee051c9fb5c5d8a8

SHA-256:

ca73badb03d084ad62c5a8b318a190cf830c69e8f6846e30b972b7f974fc988f

Scanner detections:

1 / 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:

12/29/2024 1:58:26 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)

17.3.7.6

File size:

16.7 MB (17,491,880 bytes)

Product version:

1.6.0

Original file name:

PDFCreator-1_6_0_setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

5/30/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/31/2013 7:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR, O=Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

65596CEC842F63B39F082AFBD5D9EAE1

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

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:

7.9775

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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