the_culling.exe

Kaho

Morava Group

The application the_culling.exe, “Kaho Setup ” by Morava Group 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 Inno Setup installer. 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.bulksharetown.com.
Publisher:
Morava Group  (signed and verified)

Product:
Kaho

Description:
Kaho Setup

Version:
4.7.3.3

MD5:
5fe65e1db3740ad1eff7d31bfbbe482b

SHA-1:
2dda5539ae1ab57c8951782ab7c96c3c4cc2e74e

SHA-256:
19193e0cc85f280f64c2bb5ad056d19b69f224faa3fc9b089953c9bcb8d306a4

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
11/24/2024 8:02:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
17.2.26.17

File size:
1.4 MB (1,515,456 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/7/2016 12:28:01 AM

Valid to:
3/8/2017 12:28:01 AM

Subject:
CN=Morava Group, O=Morava Group, L=Towson, C=US

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

Serial number:
1121A83F14C1C6D435814D1A4B9EC949DB5C

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

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9888

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.bulksharetown.com/HVDT_ O FIN_Q91_WSLTNljJc7r5bhwOi2DX2vauZPs5mEpGL6MMb7qBZ 2nwbpBCb_ovKQOaQbQhAmbRseELAy6TNGiW_MCeNmilAdTYwpVF6Um443dmAtPEqi9RGcw664Op7EC9ifAYX23ee_eMlmfwnXW0vqhGBTbd_EZRRnbFCEMmG9xA01nTl_ccpJ3VH8Ypbn9P0EMGJ5zxvL3OfTeepTSKA==-CxCAaHR0cDovL2dvZmlsZXMub3JnL1N0ZWFtU2V0dXAuZXhlAw==

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