» adobe flash player setup.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

adobe flash player setup.exe

Application

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 adobe flash player setup.exe, “Application Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 3 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Generic Application (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:

Application

Description:

Application Setup

Version:

3.1.2.6

MD5:

4649323fc72bb86355c9a72632777cbd

SHA-1:

5b3f54858a85ee60f5cc1bf87269b6add381c9a3

SHA-256:

b4f1fd110d19c9743b3212aeb50907dcbdc68a4659df4b23896c26be58bc4476

Scanner detections:

3 / 68

Status:

Adware

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 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:

5/14/2024 2:34:23 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.InstallCore

4.0.3.15224

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.WX potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.installCore

15.2.24.9

File size:

685.4 KB (701,824 bytes)

Product version:

5.8.4

Program internet

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe flash player setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:

thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

1/7/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/7/2016 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:

4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 10:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:/Dnp+Dj2fwJF3f4sPN0fI42ztfnPBUrPllB8ObCppPIAj/tGkzJu0LvJ3fV1xf6:/Dn0DjT3f4sKfKFOv8GCp/j/gkzMmvFQ

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8935

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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