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uninstall.exe

InstallCore Ltd.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application uninstall.exe by InstallCore 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 FLV Player.
Publisher:
InstallCore Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
29bcd26f9d7997109d594ccb47c1c094

SHA-1:
206e06b8aff0ec8fd6007ab48ffac969fda0ca5c

SHA-256:
ca4f0bf975b9ea5757c954fc53918b2595c5915eb51ee1ad224afbe8d2e4b59c

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:
1/12/2025 1:03:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.12.10

File size:
996.8 KB (1,020,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
InstallCore Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/21/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/21/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=InstallCore Ltd., OU=Support, O=InstallCore Ltd., STREET=Nisim Aloni 21, L=Tel Aviv, S=N/A, PostalCode=62919, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088971791FBF6CE4920268CDF6A0A825F

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:
0xC2128

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, FC, 01, 43, 00, E8, 9F, F5, FF, FF, D9, D8, 5C, 88, A8, F5, 39, F1, 7D, 14, 08, 4E, F4, 54, 9A, 60, 1C, C6, F0, 23, 6F, BA, D9, D5, EC, A5, BB, D3, ED, B9, BD, 54, 8F, 7B, CF, 82, D8, D7, 4A, 93, E8, 88, 29, D2, D7, DE, 15, C4, 18, 2E, BC, D1, 86, 71, 37, 2B, 6F, ED, 6D, BE, 3B, E9, C5, 8A, 89, B4, 8C, 97, E2, 98, DB, 5E, 62, 7B, F0, 7D, E1, 41, 3B, E1, 8F, 31, 97, E3, 10, F6, 72, EA, 77, FB, D6, 96, C1, 3C, 9A, 93, A5, C3, 26, 84, D9, 7D, A1, B2, 29, 10, 6C, 67, F5, D3, 2A, 27...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
787 KB (805,888 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
FLV Player

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


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