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adobe_flash_player.exe

Soft generic

Internet Software Program

The application adobe_flash_player.exe, “Soft generic Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 freshupdate.checkfreeupdates.org.
Publisher:
Internet Software Program

Product:
Soft generic

Description:
Soft generic Setup

Version:
4.6.3.0

MD5:
84afced2b4e67bff269d549de721fe80

SHA-1:
c7e6bddb4f6aed8f6f1131ed8dcab3f954a1b5f9

SHA-256:
2e824da9c5be4f70fd99c8ea3de4d04ca772d2301d6596864425f97446652182

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:09:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1571

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.827
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
7/1/2015

McAfee
Artemis!84AFCED2B4E6
5600.6717

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dsgvsp
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.InternetSoftwareProgram.Installer.Meta (M)
15.7.1.9

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0602
7.2.182

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
778.9 KB (797,572 bytes)

Product version:
5.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\adobe_flash_player.exe

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):
24576:ALnwRN2jWZ193ktIpIRljD7trJP2lYegJ8poq:AjwRwKDReRljf5wlYx2

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8107

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adobe_flash_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://freshupdate.checkfreeupdates.org/dl.php?conversion_id=14320149162155&app_id=4&lp_id=554&v=ico&stub_id=244&v_id=JuiUA16aO71lIWim-MD5ggmMGEdhe-x7DjPnZDK6lCU.&pcl=IIBjkLnsfnr6ZmlwKXWAGo1_aO-uL_4TkdGJxsAv1oE.&CLICK_ID=U92rK_uXSZgCkMKyIZvs6aBk9bFWqiXobQAb0EU-fJL2E2gu6xb3sBcJgJXHu14PTnciDb6zqMbx6HT1ROMJ44AFJCzjW3B9PIWqQWtqbhPORWsO9bpjRbCjIeh-pd_Vr8y91Y5TrBUvoz6fEVqkAjYv-_qtJa4oPzvna2amaIRWVRRl93a04IUtJ1ie443A9ny03uactnhQcFPElKQryUyTZOQYIKtlH4i8YKSaf97Axg0Zwbtw3LRUo41lKFg1rt0sXCvJyVeHA3-xiYAhOVZ8n-pFeCpQo7YXCa4EdOg0YME6Bej3FmItOhB7lkuWUtIzu8NrUP20gpH_5tvXSRrXy8lnqTCW8a-uhs23tIOh5zrheWJ8wM1nPN1Dwr1Fd05j8pQUIAMfiPQAuSY56Mvw7m_OrnCRIr040Q6R7Q

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.1.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to s3-1-w.amazonaws.com  (54.231.13.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-96-231.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.96.231:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-153-163.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.153.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-186-47-57.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.186.47.57:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-186-29-120.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.186.29.120:80)

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