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adobe_reader_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application adobe_reader_setup.exe by Soft Downloads has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. While running, it connects to the Internet address server-54-230-52-245.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

Soft Downloads (signed and verified)

MD5:

619b3e629e477c3b1fa44f0da66729d7

SHA-1:

cc2745b6d0288fd84dac27ed35ee3dd68fb8b10c

SHA-256:

1b311cba83916343a1626e18d0ac10b85247632a00c258de67781af94d56c1ce

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 7:18:49 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

PUA/InstallCore.Gen9

8.3.1.6

AVG

Adware InstallCore.ADF

2015.0.4355

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Installcore-292

0.98/20576

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.InstallCore.DWQ

22485

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.7

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.OZ potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.AG.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.205.16279

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

v2015.06.17.11

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Text.Drop.dhqasj

0.30.24.2086

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adlogica.Bundler

15.6.17.18

Sophos

PUA 'Install Core Click run software'

5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus

Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen

3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

41224

Zillya! Antivirus

Trojan.InstallCore.Win32.16

2.0.0.2233

File size:

774.6 KB (793,240 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe_reader_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Soft Downloads

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

9/14/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/14/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Lfva6ZQDgKYtiGWCyZPZQt5r7948stRm1s:LXJZ+LQWJZPZIrOJ

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8827

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to server-54-230-52-250.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.52.250:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to server-54-230-52-245.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net (54.230.52.245:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-52-10-224-155.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com (52.10.224.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to ec2-107-20-182-77.compute-1.amazonaws.com (107.20.182.77:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to a72-246-43-56.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com (72.246.43.56:80)

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