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skype setup.exe

Kos

INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application skype setup.exe, “Kos Setup ” by INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED 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 www.packagecurrentcenter.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

skype setup.exe

Publisher:

INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED (signed and verified)

Product:

Kos

Description:

Kos Setup

Version:

3.6.3.3

MD5:

7077b6a11ac5e1a3cb3545741be726d0

SHA-1:

1a943d0fef5e96cc09ee5c0941565c01d2df1ed2

SHA-256:

d69b1d12201c1b0976b120322c90a15e0ecf69733eafb600323fa704d1832a49

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:

11/27/2024 5:38:48 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore.INSTALLM.Installer (M)

16.5.10.22

File size:

955.6 KB (978,528 bytes)

Product version:

5.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\skype setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/27/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/27/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, O=INSTALL MANAGER LIMITED, STREET="Level 27, Pwc Tower 188 Quay Street", L=Auckland, S=Auckland, PostalCode=1010, C=NZ

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

009592A0A959B5B7A09737A266B9D98E3E

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:WFDaCWON9YjYWd7J6da2GzSG1+gF4HwKnfItgTAyr9qZYDaHtJBj0VdHhgg:WFD3P4YC7s0Cs+k4Q6fXAyr9qZEWiHx

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9311

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file skype setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.packagecurrentcenter.com/c?x=/qhjb32Maqtd9RkLxQSlCGwRrTb22UYfrH8SvV0vSDk=&c=GEU4kfRtabC6x0VKdrG8PSQJKEgYH29X6CkxDLaRTQj/hCUpm0P5vyOQ1Dp3yTDcOJOZQBvLSw9E53jA40k4YbK52FeV52mFQ6gjKNc3ysAHns8 K72o1Qi3TTxFerB3uwuOGSITQn/TCNVL0YXDlDL4xcRMN RmAt5jIgGIwzw=&e=1&downloadAs=Skype Setup.exe&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloadape/.../SkypeSetup.exe

http://www.packagecurrentcenter.com/c?x=83RFfExIkHF0n4lnGzVTgKsTfZhC0D/UGzl49kJ6H g=&c=RGBD/BkTQ3xaii3hmicXzpRkffZAe/WARPHw8sB4vhmuBskkLaqsAt2wxWh4c QQU8ruJWJyOLfB1tM8JPMnxmWXZLsDeDd9xMBb XefzDzsGEXtVzAr 4epZJI4zdzIhxt/igKL3Hc/V0UDYjt21rp0tT1e/72i4/J194nxf60=&e=1&downloadAs=Skype Setup.exe&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/downloadape/.../SkypeSetup.exe

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