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adobeflashplayer.exe

SuperCool Applications

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobeflashplayer.exe by SuperCool Applications has been detected as adware by 15 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
SuperCool Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fdf0112474b70cfa433f9ec7ae883e79

SHA-1:
0053eb7b8468f7e46f085df62ceae3e0950c4a2e

SHA-256:
18d3bd4a391c7d25132d5db3de309a7f9b6b504efd9de613200d80349ab2940d

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/25/2024 11:06:15 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.178.32

AVG
Max Setup
2015.0.3343

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.SCL
19801

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0265

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JO potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-bcc0ab9c
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of open officesetup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.4.17

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13676

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.09.22.01

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.6999

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SuperCoolApplications.Q
14.9.22.11

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Badur.Win32.4817
2.0.0.1955

File size:
782.9 KB (801,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SuperCool Applications

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/15/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/16/2014 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SuperCool Applications, O=SuperCool Applications, STREET=63 Ronthscheld Blvd., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

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

Serial number:
7239B70290995A99967AE1DE581942C0

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zhvUr+789z1eWfRquPExTO4m9CHR2GReOYGH:zllMZBPE9OsHBeOYG

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:
7.8775

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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