winzip19-mediafire.exe

Application

WinZip Computing LLC

The application winzip19-mediafire.exe by WinZip Computing has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.winzip.com.
Publisher:
Internet   (signed by WinZip Computing LLC)

Product:
Application

Description:
WinZip

MD5:
c88162fc7ca4a565f5866ab1876d10db

SHA-1:
213e37f8b335b90f82f10e1e64d2e6ce6775bb07

SHA-256:
38134ec27ffccdcfb737cf7c003f0eb7d2d39110242b098546c3e12325dd2099

Scanner detections:
4 / 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.

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:
11/27/2024 12:22:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1528

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WI potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11140

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.1.13.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0206
7.2.39

File size:
839.3 KB (859,392 bytes)

Product version:
5.1

Copyright:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winzip19-mediafire.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/3/2014 9:47:55 AM

Valid to:
12/4/2015 9:47:55 AM

Subject:
CN=WinZip Computing LLC, O=WinZip Computing LLC, S=CT, C=US

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

Serial number:
1121D8A8C6094695976537E6B745DE511C3F

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:uwKp7C0qnDbpHi4caaniXS9zmi4Qz5jhnjEZwZOpW8Mxp/qLDcbFhtIqeWD2r:uwK404PcLh9L4QpWpMPlFhtIqeWD2r

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:
7.8420

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file winzip19-mediafire.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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