winzip setup.exe

Installer

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 winzip setup.exe, “Installer 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.
Publisher:
Installer App   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
4466d1b4363e7ea20bee44b9ab9422a7

SHA-1:
87c0387c525feeae5e279574aa4dd8fdedeb859b

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 1:40:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.10.20

File size:
673 KB (689,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.8.6

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\winzip setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 11:59:59 PM

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:
64F49DD6174034B68EBCA526431D26A7

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):
12288:87JpzIhci0lBmATbqR1thLaHiP/UG9IiAOo5mMZ8H5H4m/A6oh18t/:87JdIp0pTbq/ru6/f9eXSZH4Gm2/

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8886

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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