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Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe by Fried Cookie 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 file has been seen being downloaded from download.tweaks-soft.com.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
39945b15bf391204982a1b0f2f764204

SHA-1:
4eee9d1be0a72d1b4068cbbced5950f941aca19b

SHA-256:
bb207d33efac8ad69ff83cc74f4c3147c6195fbed45902353bbcf7b6aadabad3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/15/2024 8:26:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.FriedCoo.Installer (M)
16.6.15.16

File size:
640 KB (655,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:W0skBnCseIQcL4MeeM8VDfRKLQzcFACsLE1DGGopPpNdvdpzvRI6c4E0:WIBnDel/Mw8FRKLQzchdDGGepNdvdp7z

Entry address:
0x13ADD0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, F5, FF, C7, 87, 10, 47, 0E, 00, F3, 40, 86, 72, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
596 KB (610,304 bytes)

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

http://download.tweaks-soft.com/idownload.php?pr=5&nw=4&ch=tl&p1=CN_A100327305597388810

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