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prepreinstaller_win.exe

The application prepreinstaller_win.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d2ng6j123iqt3e.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
8728043a53e0a8fd0f6748099ae8f820

SHA-1:
fae18f93245a4fa1f20e2460ac7f4c02ccfb24bb

SHA-256:
8c861b490f7a1f3ead7329b06eec1441f7d1736bbe546b8e522d9b4d68458a77

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 1:56:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Downloader (M)
16.7.24.16

File size:
427.5 KB (437,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\prepreinstaller_win.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2016 5:37:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Nc4GfylUxr7WdHKNqN2s6Efc6JfLQujVIOkUlkuTpZntWAIq1YbzvegO:Nc4GfyltOs6Efc6JDHWOk6/0YYHvegO

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.

http://d2ng6j123iqt3e.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

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