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My Program

KawagaSoft

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application removewat-226.exe, “My Program Setup ” by KawagaSoft has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
KawagaSoft  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
896cb9598eef053a4ce09b26b1d03307

SHA-1:
2f5369f6f5df7045ac10da174b26e0162aae4f9a

SHA-256:
b208765e35b8367a69409c0aa4f75c1c0a020bc1d176318d575f7561e7c120b1

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 9:26:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3357

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1499

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PZ (variant)
8.10346

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13218

McAfee
Artemis!896CB9598EEF
5600.7013

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.KawagaSoft.N
14.9.9.10

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10370

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0808
7.2.252

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32728

File size:
795 KB (814,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\removewat-226.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
KawagaSoft

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/1/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/2/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=KawagaSoft, O=KawagaSoft, STREET=28A Lilinblam St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00D018EC12F4E67C808322B5B566F010A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yevSpI5IOWYvgPRbkZ3BqD5JDyeAAKZlLT:yuSyIUgPV8EDbyrlf

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file removewat-226.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.ziggdelivery.com/?ic_user_id=403

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