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skype.exe

The application skype.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 www.down4load.com.
MD5:
98715262e4d758bd1b06c44050fce2ae

SHA-1:
c563aa230575ff9bc369541d77e9f43e8e944951

SHA-256:
e517bb8086717bccf92ddcc522f0d9aec1b73657d2b97848e3e58be534ac0204

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 6:54:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.183.128

Bkav FE
W32.Clod32d.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.AP
20005

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.092

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
10.10681

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
4/1/2016

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
16.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13930

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Freemium.A
v2016.04.01.08

McAfee
Artemis!98715262E4D7
5600.6443

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgmnd
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ENG (M)
16.4.1.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.16330

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
34562

File size:
584.4 KB (598,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

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:DMJfsGGZ/tEQ1B/l8CRi5ebHPEPJzWU4BfqZrvj3SGZGYzsB8HSm:DMJfsX/6Q14v+HeJyUAqZDLSGQYAQ

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8083

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://www.down4load.com/en/downloads/.../Skype.exe

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