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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 9 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.
Publisher:
DarwenDLM  (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_33247

MD5:
14c654ac9c57ff96c41426048985b3d2

SHA-1:
76111229eed18fecab153ef727ff8101b22a7f15

SHA-256:
9829f7d2faa6dabea40c9b31e7b06f490c3952791604e21d891054f56ac3f31f

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/29/2024 1:35:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen4
7.11.205.14

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1525

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DWS
20848

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UZ (variant)
9.11072

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
2/5/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.192.14746

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.installCore
15.2.14.11

Sophos
Generic PUA HG
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36986

File size:
697 KB (713,720 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

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 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tWxVpZu/7wCfQmVoiTapl/sNpa9FE2g0V1PNNQvuQdwGWwVUDYGa:t8Vzy7Bf4ka9y2g0V11SdNWVcb

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:
7.8787

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adobe flash player setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downtoad.com/landing/bing2-uk/adobeflashplayer/.../download.php

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