pdflite-200.exe

Kemulaf

Beta Setup (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application pdflite-200.exe, “Kemulaf Setup ” by Beta Setup (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.packagerepositorypackage.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Beta Setup (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kemulaf

Description:
Kemulaf Setup

Version:
4.0.5.5

MD5:
8aac539dde61e5833d6a69e13602db5f

SHA-1:
92f47301673a5be503e9116651c5da5bee7c8fe9

SHA-256:
86a494363038b5bd21b1c7d22c7a322d4acda4e2bbc366e059f4f01516f0cee0

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 7:48:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AC.Installer (M)
16.7.7.16

File size:
947.1 KB (969,864 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.4

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}\pdflite-200.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/31/2015 5:05:12 AM

Valid to:
7/27/2016 11:04:14 AM

Subject:
CN=Beta Setup (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Beta Setup (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121DBA9CC399DC1BEE2669DA6FF3ACD5A4E

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:AmiYVeWr1yz9xU1DVoYer+Fk6xcJ4MkdvuICc:A3CUhx8mYC+FnxbdvuIn

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9324

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file pdflite-200.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

http://www.packagerepositorypackage.com/c?x=A3ZXAZxG3cGiKn1Ae/z4gAtXOmZKDswCpd243cIMH28=&c=DP2OySafo8lCF07gZQJ1es4Szfrc0RjF 9kR1ADCjtIhWyhM7m2Ts8j5Mxe1H18V294IDXY0gNsQdV/6BB0GvmZzJSJBVwTuTxAUHhh0fXS7YJK1yHFwpk8lMNw2QOtA&downloadAs=PDFlite-200.exe&fallback_url=http://.../setup-pdflite-2.0.0.0-silent.exe

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