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plantsvszombies.exe

The application plantsvszombies.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 23 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from dm.portalprogramas.com.
MD5:
8644e683e1880d9b5b6102e8ae86d80a

SHA-1:
42cb5829bd6fdd3fd2c8a539ef9be5e24aaba3c7

SHA-256:
0600e14d038382314598560d6151b237298225c2a3b8fec27c32140783fb3d7a

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
12/27/2024 8:12:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.InstallCore
2013.08.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.97.218

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160619

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.62453
1.0.20.855

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.InstallCore.D
16809

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.20
9.0.1.0171

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.62453
8.16.06.19.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore (variant)
10.8718

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/InstallCore.A
6/19/2016

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.62453
16.6.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.0.127

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.170.9363

McAfee
Generic PUP.x!bj3
5600.6364

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.nydgd
0.26.0.53954

Norman
BundlePack.IYA
11.20160619

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.06.19.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ENG (M)
16.6.19.8

Sophos
Install Core Installer
4.91

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-InstallCore
9072

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCEH1J2
7.2.171

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.Sinba.C
3.12.22.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
20790

File size:
602.1 KB (616,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iiHS7FPQ0gTNgjoEIYnONlDZW/zM387a3ourmH/c3PFAcJxnCrBY0XmgOkSbAsUy:iJPQzij8WbC8Ob6HE3PvcBYqHBSssJ

Entry address:
0x118D00

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, F7, FF, C7, 87, 10, 27, 0C, 00, 59, 3A, A4, 2D, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
560 KB (573,440 bytes)

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

http://dm.portalprogramas.com/dm/.../Plants-Vs-Zombies

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