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AnyProtect

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe by AnyProtect has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 www.anyprotect.com.
Publisher:
AnyProtect  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8e91c0a03cfb891bf04600b5c0ba31d4

SHA-1:
60c05ef27790498a9c8b8c6f2e29f38dc5062ae5

SHA-256:
8e8160ac4ce229b377fe37ad74c57db09d3740659cd0f4d10831c709ea948d21

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 8:27:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.8.6.11

File size:
574.4 KB (588,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnyProtect

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/8/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/9/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AnyProtect, O=AnyProtect, STREET=30 Lilenblum st., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Tel-Aviv, PostalCode=6513309, C=IL

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

Serial number:
008047CC3D3878D4B7B7A5A0A69BF18E1F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Nvpku13qTbv0APAdN9seHagjnrX81L3yv4hdX3diwfdv+5:NvSW3qUAPaOWZMNyIX3diwfdv+5

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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Entropy:
7.8288

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.anyprotect.com/dl.php?sct=NONC&data=null&anyprotect_id=1&r=ap_mm1_nc&pr=s&prm=dXJsPXt7aHR0cDovL2QzODltNGw1YjV3bGNiLmNsb3VkZnJvbnQubmV0L2xwMy5odG1sP2NoPWFwX21tMSZhdXRvPTEmc3ViaWQ9MDIxYjZjODRmYzJhNTJlZjMyMDY5ZTc2MzBjNzdiNmJ9fQ==

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