adobe_flash_player.exe

Web Installer

OOO Creo Advert

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.exe, “Web Installer Setup ” by OOO Creo Advert has been detected as adware by 8 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:
Internet   (signed by OOO Creo Advert)

Product:
Web Installer

Description:
Web Installer Setup

MD5:
1e9cbc728a29faf2ad257e9e13ad47d2

SHA-1:
629c84f07abe5e02fb22dc03ab00c92f5859d32e

SHA-256:
b728493421d84f69c6d60b369383c23d0d30a074ba838ea957265353d64cadfd

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
5/20/2024 7:48:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-160217

AVG
InstallCore
2017.0.2830

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.845
9.0.1.048

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZC potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
v2016.02.17.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.OOOCreoAdvert.Installer (M)
16.2.17.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40432

File size:
780.7 KB (799,448 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OOO Creo Advert, O=OOO Creo Advert, STREET=Prospect Volgogradskii 2, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=109316, C=RU

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

Serial number:
5CA28C3040B50169C6EFFE7AD594035D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uJypQsDO0SRJstV6Utr8qxlknot31ImqQupalH8hkP4ITKfbDH:uJyVDO0S7kV6ArBrwm31Iq4aLA8Abj

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:
7.8115

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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