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7zip.exe

The application 7zip.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 19 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdnus.ironcdn.com.
MD5:
9f94f2dced9c6b1acc6c59284463f7aa

SHA-1:
2d7934caeee8a820b15f421c1dc187e652791355

SHA-256:
7b12ae3ad9f3577807f14b9f60ba4bcf69e8c5d39710a9a511012cc4a8c1e9b6

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/20/2024 8:20:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
ASD.Prevention
2013.12.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.77.112

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3361

Baidu Antivirus
Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1494

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16941

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.55
9.0.1.0247

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore.AMN!A2
8.14.09.04.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AF (variant)
8.8315

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
9/4/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.G.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.166.8661

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3302

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.09.04.03

McAfee
Artemis!2BA4BD2F9CEC
5600.7017

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14902

Sophos
Generic PUA JL
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCBH1HE
7.2.247

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0BHL12
10.465.04

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.9
3.12.22.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,108,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:PEGri4Fr0vDHu6T675syNZ/EnKiEnzQKgrv:PEGri8Suq69sy1iEzo

Entry address:
0xCEA20

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, F0, 1B, 41, 00, E8, C1, CE, FF, FF, 00, 75, 44, 8B, C3, E8, 35, FF, FF, FF, EB, 3B, 8B, 0A, 8B, 72, 04, 03, CE, 8B, F8, 03, 7B, 0C, 3B, CF, 75, 05, 29, 73, 0C, EB, 26, 8B, 0A, 03, 4A, 04, 89, 0C, 24, 2B, F9, 89, 7C, 24, 04, 8B, 12, 2B, D0, 89, 53, 0C, 8B, D4, 8B, C3, E8, D0, FE, FF, FF, 84, C0, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 0C, B0, 01, EB, 08, 8B, 1B, 3B, FB, 75, 85, 33, C0, 59, 5A, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 90, 53, 56, 57, 8B, DA, 8B, F0, 81, FE, 00, 00, 10, 00, 7D, 07, BE, 00, 00, 10, 00, EB...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
841 KB (861,184 bytes)

The file 7zip.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdnus.ironcdn.com/.../7ZIP.exe

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