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PPDownloader

Projectplace International AB

The application setup.exe, “PPDownloader Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 help.projectplace.com.
Publisher:
Projectplace International AB

Product:
PPDownloader

Description:
PPDownloader Setup

MD5:
758389d37fe8209fa68fe943480ebe9a

SHA-1:
430543a3c961c986a90adbb5e20a27b20b4b6245

SHA-256:
c4c45cbbc90758af5056342e8eb2a9153157e07e2f5319af7adf5e0e0c13838f

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 1:52:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Eorezo-528
0.98/21511

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1120

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.2.6

File size:
1.2 MB (1,286,478 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uQiaQT4YbHS8FAfHH26GRGJwVkZ6IvcB6tds7PS+yOFok83oyz+151i:u9H7mOtVaA6tw6+yOFoff+1e

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:
7.2692

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

https://help.projectplace.com/archive/pp/.../setup.exe

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