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adobe_photoshop_el.exe

Symbolicom Holdings Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe_photoshop_el.exe by Symbolicom Holdings has been detected as adware by 17 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 api.downloadastro.com.
Publisher:
Symbolicom Holdings Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f8f56049d317cb31cbf740927179f421

SHA-1:
c54f12750e8e5b0f4f0dac96ec030b408fb422c9

SHA-256:
aec1446a268bd0f1b1203ede7d6dcbeec7549fd92689bdb4bc6b9f33322f71c2

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/24/2024 7:52:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.197.174

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141214-1

AVG
Ransomer
2015.0.3250

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.SYM
20461

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JE.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14440

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Installcore
v2014.12.24.04

McAfee
Program.Artemis!F8F56049D317
16.8.708.2

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnblu
0.30.0.64448

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SymbolicomHoldings.S
14.12.24.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141222

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
35418

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.492870
2.0.0.2015

File size:
697.9 KB (714,624 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Symbolicom Holdings Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Symbolicom Holdings Ltd, OU=Symbolicom, O=Symbolicom Holdings Ltd, STREET=Trident Cyprus, STREET=115 Griva Digeni Avenue Trident Centre, STREET=Limassol, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=3101, C=CY

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

Serial number:
00C4B90F930A0BA04B111E671526916207

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mvpghu68Okv8a8I2E7DFouu9TSfPoGYdF0nqk203TkyEe2bOFbWRMUJDMy1TXzHC:mvmhuBYjgDjaYGfQH203d/+f2UDTXz

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://api.downloadastro.com/api/downloader/.../el?callback=jsonpCallbackDownload&_=1393344110

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