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pdfreadersetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pdfreadersetup.exe by Fried Cookie 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:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0576dd04e8e7dfcc26cab3e0b1d08940

SHA-1:
d400f928dbd0d6229134e112845b601463c53eae

SHA-256:
a49f4a5e9798fee28412301590173a3115bc04d8fe5e6e1135d6d598e13e5013

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:
11/23/2024 8:18:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.15.16

File size:
1.2 MB (1,290,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x8440

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, EC, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, EC, B8, 08, 84, 40, 00, E8, 48, C8, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, BD, 84, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, 51, A2, FF, FF, 85, C0, 7E, 33, 8D, 55, F0, B8, 09, 00, 00, 00, E8, A0, A2, FF, FF, 8B, 45, F0, 50, B8, 64, 00, 00, 00, E8, EA, A2, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 42, D5, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, 58, E8, 5D, B0, FF, FF, 75, 05, E8, B2, FE, FF, FF, 33, C0, 5A, 59, 59, 64, 89, 10, 68, C4, 84, 40, 00, 8D, 45, EC, BA, 02, 00, 00, 00, E8, 78, AD, FF, FF, C3, E9, 0E, A8...
 
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Entropy:
7.0098

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
29.5 KB (30,208 bytes)

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