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Baludamane

Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application winrar.exe, “Baludamane Setup ” by Max Criteria (Fried Cookie) 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 setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Baludamane

Description:
Baludamane Setup

MD5:
178bc9bbe8250d931b1bd5f500566982

SHA-1:
b78672e69471b625e3e372ed6f1bc20a7183a34d

SHA-256:
f5de52807c6eeb0ea8053ad2d0ca36231ffc7da2ca489547be5c936531d06104

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
1/6/2025 11:34:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.FC.Installer (M)
16.3.18.8

File size:
1016.5 KB (1,040,904 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.1

Copyright:
Internet Lite

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\winrar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 1:30:28 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 4:37:50 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F0C6B8EDBABE266B325280BC664A1402

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4tUN881agIRk6fvFEdxg9XUudWz9vzOVrj7OKzA:4tg84ag63SdxoEP9vzOVzO2

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.currentbinariestoday.com/c?x=9u7OeanzBOdKpj25hAWmwXlRxDQGZKyRtnrB2DfqJIE=&c=1IHxet2di136CkfdVoJ1Db4nMad2/.../A9KpPEaBFhKMMA6oDe2ejrmg&downloadAs=WinRAR.exe

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