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shotcut - chip-installer.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application shotcut - chip-installer.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH 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 Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.chip.de.

File name:

Publisher:

CHIP Digital GmbH (signed and verified)

Description:

CHIP Secured Installer

Version:

2.0.6.0

MD5:

38d0a89b0360c0764cb77e4c2e0aaea0

SHA-1:

62036432a5443e2f26a72c58eeb5991547c65c36

SHA-256:

6777a09db32a662cda6b2fb0101d79fed3946c5dcb8721c2f9bd47c9cac8fad1

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:

11/23/2024 2:12:32 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.ChipDigital.Bundler (M)

16.8.11.2

File size:

1.4 MB (1,474,568 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.6.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Covus

Language:

German (Germany)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\shotcut - chip-installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/27/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/27/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, OU=Download Development, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, STREET=St.-Martin-Strasse 66, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=81541, C=DE

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00B0564F3FBF54F6269517864BB24329FC

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/24/2016 2:16:24 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:7q5TfcdHj4fmb9Ve9l2q/K26wQzLMnUAFFIfHWEzKJ9TtrWgXiFurFtW0zQJ9TtG:7UTsamC9lxdFB5lFI5G

Entry address:

0x1E8900

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 50, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, E6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B... 
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Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file shotcut - chip-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.chip.de/.../?lastchange=030820161350&pid=chipderedesign&cid=61418443&euid=fd80f0299f7985978cb37344&source=BLUB2&browser=msie&ref=&tid=38954&tname=Audio & Videobearbeitung&v=oct2015

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