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phone_to_pc_setup.exe

Phone to PC

Macroplant LLC

The application phone_to_pc_setup.exe, “Phone to PC Setup ” by Macroplant 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ftp.vector.co.jp.
Publisher:
Macroplant, LLC   (signed by Macroplant LLC)

Product:
Phone to PC

Description:
Phone to PC Setup

Version:
4.1.4.6

MD5:
49edd61e9b71b1b5cf2e23f370c4605d

SHA-1:
d0203f8f75ce53383beec65aefdf0c66f6100858

SHA-256:
921be83fa6109ee3daf0cbdf86ff9ba1cd4dcf3156da391a9f769eae7799b7f1

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:
11/5/2024 11:18:45 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.IM (L)
17.2.10.16

File size:
3.7 MB (3,849,600 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.4.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Macroplant LLC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/1/2011 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/1/2013 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Macroplant LLC, O=Macroplant LLC, L=Houston, S=Texas, C=US

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

Serial number:
1E5F1CEA2AE6D2DA365389FDF3C845CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9956

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file phone_to_pc_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ftp.vector.co.jp/57/62/.../Phone_to_PC_Setup.exe

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