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tomsinstaller.exe

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Purch

The application tomsinstaller.exe, “Application Setup ” by Purch 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 file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.tomsguidefiles.com.
Publisher:
Internet software   (signed by Purch)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
4.2.3.0

MD5:
96d6001a24906101f2945a280173f0d3

SHA-1:
1223e6580de803ec5ec6f7eed794aebb789183a1

SHA-256:
282778341357daed9ae5f47bc6bc900f16b513492e221bd4b96a3aa890dccb19

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 5:37:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.12.1.12

File size:
1.3 MB (1,374,152 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\tomsinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Purch

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
4/16/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/25/2018 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Purch, O=Purch, L=Ogden, S=Utah, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
05B8DC1B7B5897B627456007B89CEDFB

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:hMdaEHyY/Hc9AtaD4GrzeSuBz7gc+bpzO36XGTrOHmuunWIV5E:hMd/Ht/HWAIDnfe3Bzsc+daqXCvBWIPE

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...
 
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Entropy:
6.3186

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.tomsguidefiles.com/c?x=PAAlFBTiWObbIoRUqWTG8pHK4IGx1N3eyPCH0MIR2jY=&c=r6uElHeNzVtDLQIoULta3nb5jSPVxmKSfxFY8pemvkuYIZK/VfccEYSjW7 fBjGXorEKNfKiqjAHNEpbI4LvCPfvdWXDq4bB8sKG2AKK8Kd7JVhsOyjZsQ8gmW4s5HKgJMPGoeljvLzPZ9UGtppXnA==&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/.../Minecraft.exe&downloadAs=TomsInstaller.exe

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