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samsung kies setup.exe

Application

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application samsung kies setup.exe, “Application Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 2 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Generic Application (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:

Application

Description:

Application Setup

Version:

3.1.2.6

MD5:

eda4e89c6830684309403e072d783a79

SHA-1:

63a0d6b66769c6c28d0166d3028c3e66a5e91f1c

SHA-256:

af380c1575eb905c02896ba7b15ed7451b828f6130c0d0215201d69847bf274e

Scanner detections:

2 / 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:

12/26/2024 1:00:27 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.WX potentially unwanted (variant)

9.11192

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.installCore

15.2.17.20

File size:

685.4 KB (701,824 bytes)

Product version:

5.8.4

Program internet

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\samsung kies setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/7/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:

CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:ZDnp+Dj2fwJF3f4sPN0fI42ztfnPBUrPllB8ObCppPIAj/tGkzJu0LvJ3fV1xf6:ZDn0DjT3f4sKfKFOv8GCp/j/gkzMmvFQ

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8935

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file samsung kies setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downtoad.com/landing/google/.../download.php

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