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adobe_flash_setup.exe

Information Technology Systems doo

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 by Information Technology Systems doo has been detected as adware by 11 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 appinsoft.com.

File name:

Publisher:

Information Technology Systems doo (signed and verified)

MD5:

de638f1947db17fb4cad4131e6ef2b43

SHA-1:

860b1fbe0b2fe560fb657abf6e5600f36faed6ca

SHA-256:

685612d8cafed4ba5a705a9a76dded9a9d638c118637e5931941e53142982ec8

Scanner detections:

11 / 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:

8/6/2025 11:09:18 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/InstallCore.A.406

7.11.164.52

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3382

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.PO potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of icreinstall_flash_setup.exe (Adware)

2014.10.31.19

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.181.12846

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.InstallCore

v2014.08.15.02

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!DE638F1947DB

16.8.708.2

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.InformationTechnologySystemsdoo.R

14.8.14.22

Sophos

Install Core Click run software

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.InstallCore/Variant

10421

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4786018

31208

File size:

719.1 KB (736,352 bytes)

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

Signed by:

Information Technology Systems doo

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

2/17/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/18/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Information Technology Systems doo, O=Information Technology Systems doo, STREET=Bulevar Dzordza Vasingtona 60, L=Podgorica, S=Montenegro, PostalCode=81000, C=ME

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00C5C6AC5F85C769596A73A863C86D258C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:vhvpok7ngqEwiboDg9l6TXCkNz76ioHhFJwJ37ysr4mHsnf:vhv+k7gVX6B76ioPJwRLDHc

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:

7.8798

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://appinsoft.com/.../download.php?app_id=4&lp_id=94&dist_id=79&channel=zpr_fls_ron&src=zpr&cid=WlY0ZDkxYWU1MDAzZTMxMWU0OTkwYzEyMjlmMDc5NDdmMDE0MDQ1MjM1NTc

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