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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 tweaks-soft.com.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
337e8848f8028a069ef4504c805e6139

SHA-1:
b7bff213b2686dc9a84051be1b4d4d36320ad060

SHA-256:
1f2fd1d25eaeb613e9d710e18cd040d8c11f4c11fbd9b3b94b3f4fc80c83d276

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 '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 4:21:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.FriedCoo.Installer (M)
16.6.21.1

File size:
2.1 MB (2,168,680 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:
3/28/2013 4:45:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:rr4+LTmO/mSzJ+1IWIU9QX2SgpuknltEJNIqtkyvuae3G+ljoC:j+O/hwPvggpHyJtkyvutV

Entry address:
0x372F

Entry point:
E8, 53, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, F4, D1, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, D0, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 20, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 20, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 20, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 20, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
45 KB (46,080 bytes)

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

http://tweaks-soft.com/.../download.php?br=3&pio=146&uid=HHCrCfuxIgCxvA8BAAAAAGUESwAAAAAAAgAQAAIAAAAAAP8AAAABEXRVNAAAAAAAgR5SAAAAAABVTmEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABwAxMAAAAAAAIAAwAAgD8AOnntwT0BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=,eJzLDMjMM0nzTM.2MCktLKooyjaLDNMrLjA1DElJrjCvKPELDfIBAO8XDMI=&cid=e4753083-4b7f-4e02-8c1f-a75ca89ce569

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