adobe-photoshop-cs5.exe

Destiny Dream S.A.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe-photoshop-cs5.exe by Destiny Dream S.A has been detected as adware by 4 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 installers.phpnuke.org.
Publisher:
Destiny Dream S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ebb3f64434b3228ffb90d974a4e8bc3f

SHA-1:
fb70fbc0f0fccd98059e47e6c9cf1573849c5768

SHA-256:
e8d3d5263868e889c2fe7ebd7bcded5870031915868b47e854c8611502dceedb

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/25/2024 4:02:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QF (variant)
8.10648

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DestinyDreamSA.T
14.10.29.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
747.6 KB (765,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe-photoshop-cs5.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 4:08:26 PM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 4:08:26 PM

Subject:
CN=Destiny Dream S.A., O=Destiny Dream S.A., L=Clarens, S=Vaud, C=CH

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B7D7D330F26E7

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:o23pIsPvA3S5LzLmgDVpBb/os76Chm7HW6V2skw4+eLgLP8dL7ueSyrn4yabC2sW:o23aMA+DT1tmC0jXks/zekLUd2e7rnQn

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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