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pdfreadersetup.exe

Click run software

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pdfreadersetup.exe by Click run software 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.
Publisher:
Click run software  (signed and verified)

MD5:
578bbebf87411adb487de1b02a9588ce

SHA-1:
1a457df17d89e430710880fb0cff08f48ee76515

SHA-256:
b977fba308f1e45a3be7063cdbaf1d62b5d3860344ba6093a651fe9ff1fe69df

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 1:32:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.14.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,144,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Click run software

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/19/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/20/2013 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Click run software, O=Click run software, STREET=63 Rotshylid Shderot, L=Tel-Aviv, S=NA, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A243E49C0DAF69F7C5ACF083EB184161

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCE700

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 3C, 6C, 41, 00, E8, 8D, ED, FF, FF, 8B, 5E, 08, 8B, 7E, 0C, 03, FB, 3B, EB, 76, 02, 8B, DD, 3B, 7C, 24, 08, 76, 04, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, 3B, FB, 76, 1E, 6A, 04, 68, 00, 10, 00, 00, 2B, FB, 57, 53, E8, 26, FC, FF, FF, 85, C0, 75, 0A, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 33, D2, 89, 10, EB, 0A, 8B, 36, 81, FE, E4, 25, 48, 00, 75, BC, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 8B, C0, 53, 56, 57, 55, 51, 8B, D8, 8B, F3, 81, C6, FF, 0F, 00, 00, 81, E6, 00, F0, FF, FF, 89, 34, 24, 8B, EB, 03, EA, 81, E5, 00, F0, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
841 KB (861,184 bytes)

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