adobe_flash_setup.exe

Internet Generic

ADVERT KHAUS, OOO

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe_flash_setup.exe, “Internet Generic Setup ” by ADVERT KHAUS, OOO has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from check24.how2safeupdate.org.
Publisher:
Generic Application Software   (signed by ADVERT KHAUS, OOO)

Product:
Internet Generic

Description:
Internet Generic Setup

MD5:
cff60fd07b57107ec95df8e80a495271

SHA-1:
414c3e6bab95b8834025cfac2ff919772369f773

SHA-256:
670aaae328a3db3911cbe8a28c380d4872ad38eae20f30dd0f5941d9430dfc3c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/15/2024 5:01:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.15.4

File size:
778.5 KB (797,168 bytes)

Product version:
3.6.5

Copyright:
Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/26/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="ADVERT KHAUS, OOO", O="ADVERT KHAUS, OOO", STREET=Ulitsa Pereyaslavskaya M 7str12, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=129110, C=RU

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

Serial number:
009C0A5126E1F904E3A455D87D1CF9C900

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

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:
7.8091

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://check24.how2safeupdate.org/dl.php?conversion_id=14313217655028&app_id=4&lp_id=733&v=ico&stub_id=224&v_id=IlX4dmx8n2vgIN6FjewhQngvl7Y87n0C64wX5663j5g.&pcl=IIBjkLnsfnr6ZmlwKXWAGo1_aO-uL_4TkdGJxsAv1oE.&CLICK_ID=hf64-MNga_bRaomGHp0VKgPUPHazcE0rgO8Xz1N5n3dvvjYI39qdpnCLACXBWOKAWPxlocUoNIfVni4M_FEBowWssXefEEdsFzOSSTgKwEq4O3VJpOl2Jkqz4jKwMTbjuZEWTwHbKDYFsnAxLwiogme_3T9zEQUv5UQntaD0kSBSnPfvlIi7pcjJA63v7g1xcct4LJqs9JrRVWnQVYS2WhbSe0OZWHg8ePKSPnel9n138O674Li1TYMeaFTB3_klgPGzjN5s676n5F4aR0dZ1-qbwrMUC7Itx8EcM_wLr-AHP6oSASAki1VrlQ7WTWXWzPxSKiQM6d2kH_curLnCZxZz1vyljC54iZuCA_g5tCwaI7QlLZdTwLX1B8tAm_mFMe6vHq-m78cdSOsf5X4I6SORCfiIH9k09oeYFVfU-_SudtusD1nC1yHOeTtrK3DXT5Y

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