prepreinstaller_win.exe

The application prepreinstaller_win.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension toolkit. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2ng6j123iqt3e.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
460c9960cd0ca0d49f59c403cd6f1b63

SHA-1:
c0a0221738d5d394d2c2b30f742c4ba50d95fca9

SHA-256:
ef2fc8aee0df0b86f5b7b8847846cd453f11be101e109a0eb1794cbe31ec9c93

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 1:55:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
160708-3

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.58370
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Generic.AT (M)
16.7.16.12

File size:
117.2 KB (120,033 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\prepreinstaller_win.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2016 3:13:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ecMS16v6oPLCqoUm45HsWXRE23saroO93d30UATZDtRbsYck6rOAkE7tEmCfZemH:/16v6oPbJoarzNd92ZjbsbrL7l4np

Entry address:
0x530D

Entry point:
E8, 29, 42, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C1, C3...
 
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Code size:
99.5 KB (101,888 bytes)

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

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