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update.exe

Alternative Flash Player Auto-Updater

Jonas Zimmermann

The application update.exe by Jonas Zimmermann has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
pXc-coding.com   (signed by Jonas Zimmermann)

Product:
Alternative Flash Player Auto-Updater

Version:
1.1.0.4

MD5:
19b6b228d48be18bf113557ee5eeddf4

SHA-1:
e64481b860a007799d011e1ec6e79226d9e070eb

SHA-256:
d7ac99b77babb22c4d531687d59d72d1222fbffc70c61d65fd9315e02d6206ae

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:38:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.3
9.0.1.085

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.9518

Reason Heuristics
PUP.JonasZimmermann.G
14.7.27.14

File size:
876.3 KB (897,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.4

Copyright:
© 2013 www.pXc-coding.com. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\alternative flash player auto-updater\update.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Jonas Zimmermann

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/13/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/14/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Jonas Zimmermann, O=Jonas Zimmermann, STREET=Bellmannskamp 16, L=Lüneburg, S=Niedersachsen, PostalCode=21339, C=DE

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

Serial number:
0097B0E4EDFB699A04297A473C70575E9F

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):
24576:1na8gEA1o17viyXjGZG1CbId6mhVNJWIUpVAqs4JK:1a80owNG1CurJ+YwK

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.8919

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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