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winzip19_home.exe

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WinZip Computing LLC

The application winzip19_home.exe, “Application Setup ” by WinZip Computing 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.winzip.com.
Publisher:
Internet   (signed by WinZip Computing LLC)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
193224f5b976bbadea3221c408634bb5

SHA-1:
69f8f8700160eb28133dc0e90a93e5b97e2e1494

SHA-256:
22f45efb2704c953719ee79d8284d2132e3f90b08519e9ad4dff24936d81f187

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:
11/23/2024 7:54:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.WinZipComputing.Installer.Meta (M)
15.12.18.9

File size:
839.3 KB (859,392 bytes)

Product version:
5.1

Copyright:
Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winzip19_home.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WinZip Computing LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

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

Valid to:
12/4/2015 3:47:55 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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6wKpWriqnDbpHi4caaniXS9zmi4Qz5jhnjEZwZOpW8Mxp/qLDcbFhtIqeWD27:6wKWi4PcLh9L4QpWpMPlFhtIqeWD27

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:
7.8429

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file winzip19_home.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.winzip.com/.../winzip19_home.exe

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