shadowprotectpe.exe

Tolaracol

Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application shadowprotectpe.exe, “Tolaracol Setup ” by Quality Install (Alpha Criteria) 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 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 mail.naver.com.
Publisher:
Gesuk   (signed by Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:
Tolaracol

Description:
Tolaracol Setup

MD5:
d077ad094efb15f304a12f99c8273e74

SHA-1:
cb16b16f972d9750525e079de96d159a7724e832

SHA-256:
0a3fb05d0a449b3859de2c7d871c11474c3298406bee5f5a9d302e13c8048683

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
11/23/2024 12:39:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AC.Installer (M)
16.7.11.3

File size:
941.2 KB (963,808 bytes)

Product version:
5.7

Copyright:
Stub

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/6/2016 10:14:15 PM

Valid to:
8/4/2016 11:59:05 PM

Subject:
CN=Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA484E4C31175E4A844ED055428DEC42

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:O77lXzrOd0KGPeI5MHCHtwysk7A9AIZpulmYmdP1c33SjeP3:O7ZDyqPTKCtZs0A9Al6dP1mSi/

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9335

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

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

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