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winrar.exe

Beni

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application winrar.exe, “Beni Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as WinRAR archiver but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
6d6c34cc2079159d478c418b175e2c4e

SHA-1:
00a40537ebaa1342f3857437223f4ecf4d9d3695

SHA-256:
34b3a435f1b0a4c89fc43b465d315804471575e4e97f7a41dbf6ee22fd951628

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:37:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.25.3

File size:
1007.6 KB (1,031,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tmC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:tf3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file winrar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=KcBZiO7NmxcUbxAGv9fuDH/9uVFDz/1v/MOlYPPniLU=&c=spmwM52diev99boK/.../hZMu3INbUJIfEUGthrzVXC0SXOq4urV9VQCxqTqveReKgiVDDcAUiYsOHhQPrDHOiAEGy7Da18NFF6biNxpI=&e=0&downloadAs=WinRAR.exe

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=jbX6GCpJCdtghQfXqShcIelxIEsHL0bb4MDczLEBjZM=&c=UAiU3XQikk0JjdF3ygQfYnfTQLJsuE/.../yo0MBRFpTMIm MY47iCfNi5 ubnu56MqE5LDRZ5ppYezfgdeJ MAoj7dq6rpEFcs3Bi6tghOY=&e=0&downloadAs=WinRAR.exe

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=nsFq7QCJ8vUrFg12imIO/e6FfOFdM5y/eTIP0pfFflY=&c=Bjhh7nir98FW1NBlY7gDnWLum7HY1tU3ncHvPfHIPyaBFAlFUn6J/.../zOa2IaXmwLdEW4yS09RDDl1YBgqEf6DKC3I0Co0sXHxylUKNoDIydKSjQ613wqxeBuO1e2ihQbs8EYVQM5PbazyuS6Ab7B257ieuI=&e=0&downloadAs=WinRAR.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/WVl6OTRQV2RRWmlVeVFraHBTMDVhYUZCb1pUQk1OaVV5UW1od1NYRm5WaVV5UWt4bldtTkJhRk5GZFdSV09UVjBNVVZNVFZrbE0wUW1ZejF6WVhKb2RraFVhaVV5UWpOb1VrRktaMWhtTVhSTk1FVjRSRTlrUWxCNU4zRm1WSHB0UjI0bE1rWkxTVVp0YkdaNE1tTmxaRGxrTkhkbFlVNTNaRE5aY0UxelQzVnZaM1pLYUVzeFNrVkhkRGhzYzJsdFdXSlBUMUZMZHpFd2QyRlZjRzkzVEZCUFlXNVViMk55Y1RkMVZuZEVOWEYzTTNjbE1rSmlUQ1V5UW1Wek56WmtWWGxXSm1SdmQyNXNiMkZrUVhNOVYybHVVa0ZTTG1WNFpRPT0=

http://www.flashlaboratoryapp.com/c?x=gLzyE07Fltq9EV3pCwftsaqUMJdCzPBPd30GuiN6W1k=&c=Ef1 9ElNU9OEmbBSH2eZDIIK 5sRQEfQ0DKUI//.../MW6Sl4QQkyDENcixHT37b36MHgaHF82QCdIXHnbTabDg0ne5tVnwVA=&e=0&downloadAs=WinRAR.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/WVl6OTRQVEpsYVVac2NIUlpSVU52Y0dGS2FXOVlkV3BKY0VoNmIzRlhKVEpHWW1OSFNHcHllbUlsTWtKbGVFOVFWM1pSSlRORUptTTlNMkpwZEU5YVJVSmhjWEk0T1NVeVFsQjVOME16Ym1WdFEzcE5OV1J5UjNONVFuRmFWbnBTTmtKV1FtNWhieVV5UWxWTmNERkZOMDF6TW5rMVRYQTRSeVV5Um5KVFNWSk9lbEExWnpST1dXeFFSelJYVkd0MVRVVjNOa1lsTWtaUldGWjRkMmhwUW5oeGNVSnRZV1p3WmxWR2NuUmhXVU0yYkhsR1JYbFlOVWxoUTFKS01IZDJWaVprYjNkdWJHOWhaRUZ6UFZkcGJsSkJVaTVsZUdVPQ==

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