» spybot-search-destroy.exe
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Analysis
File Details

spybot-search-destroy.exe

Installation Wizard

FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings Ltd)

The file spybot-search-destroy.exe by FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings) 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Spybot - Search & Destroy but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings Ltd))

Product:

Installation Wizard

Version:

1.0.13.24053

MD5:

fa33f05e57c1ab6180bab7212ae3a75e

SHA-1:

9c73fa81f3b23182429c93ec149e28626e696cfe

SHA-256:

5819aee1a6298ac0519e0c4e0d7d314b8735af1dd76c3453e7290c38dede5853

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:

11/15/2024 2:29:23 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)

17.3.16.7

File size:

1.3 MB (1,317,784 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.13.24053

SecuredDownload

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\spybot-search-destroy.exe.hdud2il.partial

Digital Signature

Signed by:

FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings Ltd)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

3/16/2016 12:53:00 PM

Valid to:

7/2/2017 11:03:11 AM

Subject:

CN=FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings Ltd), O=FlashFunnel (New Media Holdings Ltd), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121F8AB8657C7560B4A362EED0DA7D46562

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

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9847

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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