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7-zip.exe

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application 7-zip.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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 static.updatestar.net and multiple other hosts.

File name:

7-zip.exe

Publisher:

UpdateStar GmbH (signed and verified)

MD5:

188596dfd9878a631cd0316e51597137

SHA-1:

7add1cc1bd332859946298369ba82b909b93d34d

SHA-256:

6a1eb0844d703977ce480b212b97bc40f58668ea378b2afb7dc29b85e300e7b1

Scanner detections:

11 / 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:

4/24/2024 1:04:38 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/InstallCore.AX

7.11.118.248

Bkav FE

W32.Clodeca.Trojan

1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.InstallCore.AX

17417

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.24524

9.0.1.0344

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.ES (variant)

7.9155

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.174.10469

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.UpdateStar.A

v2013.12.10.09

Reason Heuristics

PUP.UpdateStarGmbH.F

14.3.1.4

Sophos

Install Core Installer

4.95

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V1028

7.2.344

VIPRE Antivirus

InstallCore.b

24214

File size:

607.9 KB (622,520 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\7-zip.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/1/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/2/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstraße 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

009ED227324380B40DDE36C8D31A33831F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:FRkLyMJfsGTtAoXzuOMjtKZ5O4dMfF1/W4OAJE3ERVer+9J:/eyMJfsstN1Hw4dM9ZWNAJEfW

Entry address:

0x98CC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8... 
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Entropy:

7.8405

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file 7-zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 17 URLs.

http://static.updatestar.net/dl/.../7-zip.exe

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