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__uninstall_.exe

JumpyApps

The file is a bundle distribution and utilizes the installCore download manager to distribute this potentially unwanted software. The application __uninstall_.exe by JumpyApps 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 PDF Reader.
Publisher:
JumpyApps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7ab39f0e017e523af9cceda6752abc66

SHA-1:
65773a30afa1424af564da31f582b62c9521a4dc

SHA-256:
c99d4f2aa0a05018ff0c3f850d1ab359449d10d28700559a22fba31f0a23b7a6

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 8:18:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.15.20

File size:
1.2 MB (1,296,360 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pdfreader\uninstall\__uninstall_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
JumpyApps

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/18/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/19/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=JumpyApps, O=JumpyApps, STREET=63 Rothschild Blvd., L=Tel Aviv, S=NA, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

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

Serial number:
6DB423F9C6473168CF486AAF112EDD5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x75F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F4, B8, C8, 75, 40, 00, E8, 98, CF, FF, FF, B8, 64, 00, 00, 00, E8, 02, B0, FF, FF, 3D, E8, 03, 00, 00, 75, 05, E8, 06, FF, FF, FF, E8, E5, B8, FF, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0082

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PDF Reader

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\PDFReader\Uninstall\__Uninstall_.exe /Uninstall


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