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tplistubsetup.exe

Best Standard (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application tplistubsetup.exe by Best Standard (Fried Cookie) 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 setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Best Standard (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7eccb1aff08d2abd9f968c6b0f4aae1a

SHA-1:
00cb83729f277ef4e2f7e1f390ae0bc51f6351d1

SHA-256:
9e6a2a5b5393ed60566ed0966a0791ef86b14b4f924771dd388c60cf31dfe561

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
1/13/2025 1:37:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.FC (M)
17.1.17.18

File size:
406.9 KB (416,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\3be97e4f_stp\tplistubsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Best Standard (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/17/2015 5:35:03 PM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 5:35:03 PM

Subject:
CN=Best Standard (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Best Standard (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
112103B6D3E987D9927E4F3D18651301ED4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x572B0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 18, 71, 45, 00, E8, 08, FB, FA, FF, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, BD, FA, FF, 83, F8, 1D, 75, 46, D2, 0C, 02, 00, AB, E0, 03, 00, 8B, 81, EB, 00, DF, 34, 53, 00, 6F, 85, 02, 00, BC, CB, 74, 00, A1, 24, 18, 05, D2, 0C, 02, 00, AB, E0, 03, 00, 8B, 81, EB, 00, DF, 34, 53, 00, 6F, 85, 02, 00, BC, CB, 74, 00, A1, 24, 18, 05, E8, E8, B6, FA, FF, 83, F8, 5D, 0F, 84, 1B, 15, 00, 00, 68, 40, 88, 45, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 33, C9, BA, 54, 88, 45, 00, 33, C0, E8, 96, 93, FF, FF, E8, C1...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
350.5 KB (358,912 bytes)

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