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adobe_flash_setup.exe

OOO Alians

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 OOO Alians has been detected as adware by 9 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 clipssoft.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
OOO Alians  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8502d30a2a70ba7a7dff63acad583dd4

SHA-1:
bc9d6f53c179cefc5261163daef0b86af88ca2b9

SHA-256:
41a5780e83eb60984eac64e1327d6a0772211c4f5d763de574736819b40465c0

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/27/2024 4:22:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.aaa
7.11.175.180

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3335

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.38104
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13535

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgool
0.28.2.62440

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OOOAlians.R
14.11.1.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
33558

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.258
2.0.0.1939

File size:
766.2 KB (784,616 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:
OOO Alians

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/24/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/25/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OOO Alians, O=OOO Alians, STREET="Tverskoy bulvar 18, str. 2", L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=125009, C=RU

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

Serial number:
72192EE2D047E173BA469CFBF35B689D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:L2vpAVfpBqBsiMyHTIj5I3rcO4jZSX7TiHQEq9Nvurr0gAqtLmhlBARXdo8:L2v+Vfp05lH8j5I3rcSyHQEqnulAChdJ

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:
7.8092

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 2 URLs.

http://clipssoft.info/download.php?site_id=296&app_id=4&lp_id=382&v=ico&dist_id=269&channel=acmnj&cid=21531596671410362684&pubid=280198&c=20a4febe59cb94a853d80a5d31ff8739&v_id=8cb9f743c5efc510aecbdbd54821ce4d

http://download-core.com/.../download.php?site_id=206&app_id=4&lp_id=272&v=ico&dist_id=109&channel=adcgb01&src=adc&pbsid=1407256579690_1407256577735_114_476_24227094_1

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