starcraft-ii.exe

Installer

Advertiso GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application starcraft-ii.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Advertiso GmbH 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 cdn.neronac.com.
Publisher:
Web Installer program   (signed by Advertiso GmbH)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
bf0da47213249b1d3a70b70e715d3bf1

SHA-1:
d5d37680439b682edc4c6dc9a2fd656924a513ac

SHA-256:
04fb95a1e54d49ab39b94d2a78e2b606615f28aa2b12b57b058e9e94aafbb3e6

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 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:
12/25/2024 1:15:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.11.16.10

File size:
736.1 KB (753,744 bytes)

Product version:
4.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\starcraft-ii.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/8/2015 6:04:46 AM

Valid to:
4/8/2016 6:04:46 AM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GmbH, O=Advertiso GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

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

Serial number:
11217618A6D27021C8BBC3EBB3F9DA9194E8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Jgupqta544M1PPWgbMwpN7jbro+1K5MS8RdjlR1TOuleWVH6BEgKs6WjgR/EENtQ:JgusWM14wpN7js5oR3R1pec5gvpjgR/o

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.8921

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file starcraft-ii.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.neronac.com/c?x=z0yxJEaexyz5H HpcbxJHMZ8n QoouqhaSvAPkX5RgE=&c=9IBbD/b0qWpbk3940rLgoUWGlxAzyQZ7iaJowBLvo99iFUyz/6f6gPRjIppTfmn4uv uyNgsuu8SmRQgIofAMA==&downloadAs=starcraft-ii.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadserver40.com/softwares/.../Starcraft_II_en.zip

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