adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta-26888-en-setup.exe

Media Ingea SL

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta-26888-en-setup.exe by Media Ingea SL has been detected as adware by 18 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 dw6.en.uptodown.com.
Publisher:
Media Ingea SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7fbe6831a0b67e4618f58576e1fc993d

SHA-1:
78e1447de82ee4ed2c024dddb63e7286c1da6a69

SHA-256:
9b2459fba8e5235e5d2b7ce778cc41de65eb83078742d8ff3f00a24336839236

Scanner detections:
18 / 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 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:
4/25/2024 2:04:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.136.30

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3389

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1487

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18115

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0219

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JE.gen (variant)
8.9524

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore_JE
8/7/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11784

McAfee
Artemis!9A474F626DCC
5600.7045

Norman
Kryptik.CDMO
11.20140807

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MediaIngeaSL.h
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14805

Sophos
InstallCore ToDownload
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0204
7.2.219

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
27274

File size:
667 KB (683,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta-26888-en-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/1/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Media Ingea SL, O=Media Ingea SL, STREET="Pirandello 16, planta 2", L=Malaga, S=Malaga, PostalCode=29010, C=ES

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

Serial number:
00C034A59569FF794D7687FB8D40A50D76

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:xvppvF/vS00mTbFw9TjMLmGOnLtrDuyjwMdD85XUZqs:xvLvhvSLmTbFwjMS1tfqMiXUZqs

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:
7.7819

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adobe-photoshop-cs6-beta-26888-en-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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