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PDFCreator-1_6_2_setup.exe

PDFCreator

Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR

The application PDFCreator-1_6_2_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.
Publisher:
pdfforge GbR  (signed by Chinery & Heindoerfer GbR)

Product:
PDFCreator

Description:
PDFCreator is the easy way of creating PDFs.

Version:
1.6.2

MD5:
05f2c112bd99b31c05c61143ea4a273f

SHA-1:
5e4323c60ba1b2940a17ebbdc97df596696f15a3

SHA-256:
4ab9f3e8e7c099bc7535f3f73314fc8d88e283ddf228c9cd4c4e53636a167438

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:
11/27/2024 3:51:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.2.5.11

File size:
16.7 MB (17,464,864 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.2

Copyright:
© pdfforge GbR

Original file name:
PDFCreator-1_6_2_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:
5/29/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2013 4:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

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:
7.9774

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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