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Upwork

Upwork Inc.

The application upworksetup.exe, “Upwork Setup ” by Upwork has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Upwork, Inc   (signed by Upwork Inc.)

Product:
Upwork

Description:
Upwork Setup

Version:
4.1.351.0

MD5:
bead382194307009e570968b66d50e9a

SHA-1:
f23f2a8b47422b9f80a94ac3655f22f07e2d40c6

SHA-256:
4f8083c2095907521fd8f6f5e4d97d1c610f9af7e8c7d542530d39dd6ee92a66

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
11/18/2024 11:27:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.3.1.18

File size:
21.7 MB (22,717,224 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.351.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\upworksetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Upwork Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
4/18/2016 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/29/2019 6:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Upwork Inc., O=Upwork Inc., L=Mountain View, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
075281B334A8AEC791A01134E615E504

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 4:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999

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

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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