pw36d_st.exe

Hafogap

Quality Delivery (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application pw36d_st.exe, “Hafogap Setup ” by Quality Delivery (Alpha Criteria) 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. 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 pcb-wizard.software.informer.com.
Publisher:

Product:
Hafogap

Description:
Hafogap Setup

MD5:
44f508ee62c077b876426478881b4ab5

SHA-1:
f7092737f7793e46d5490a478bc4e7af09669cc3

SHA-256:
02816cba00507f4b0ee5d5ab900d89952d5be20dcee445bc9d4e90aa23b7435a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
11/16/2024 10:48:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AC.Installer (M)
16.6.8.8

File size:
942.9 KB (965,544 bytes)

Product version:
5.8

Copyright:
Lite

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pw36d_st.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/6/2016 7:33:55 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2016 9:11:29 AM

Subject:
CN=Quality Delivery (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Delivery (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112146C8249F2C980C48A0BC23801CEB29DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:npQpm2j6plaEL+dX/CzxvcrqWTm+f3JtKy:ny42j6var0pcrqUttKy

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9338

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file pw36d_st.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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