uninstall.exe

PDF Creator

Install Core

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application uninstall.exe, “PDF Creator Installer” by Install Core 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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program FoxTab PDF Creator.
Publisher:
PDF Creator Technologies  (signed by Install Core)

Product:
PDF Creator

Description:
PDF Creator Installer

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
2187585d7cb8c06f6d4e9cae16bb456a

SHA-1:
1a6d0088fbbc479f0cd5b812c230bbe5212e3f92

SHA-256:
b5ecc6b2e7ff7fff8c2735e550421fc9238495b442815bbb5aaaa21690e11440

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:
11/23/2024 8:02:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.15.16

File size:
547 KB (560,136 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\foxtabpdfconverter\uninstall\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
2/1/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/2/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Core, O=Install Core, STREET=Nisim Aloni 21, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=62919, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
2BCA6BFDAB7E5637BA8E7E9C6400CC75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x10FFC0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, F7, FF, C7, 87, 10, 27, 0C, 00, 06, AB, 7E, 0D, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8789

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
516 KB (528,384 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
FoxTab PDF Creator

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\FoxTabPDFConverter\Uninstall\Uninstall.exe /Uninstall


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