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adobephotoshop.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 adobephotoshop.exe by SuperCool Applications has been detected as adware by 12 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 www.photoshop-4u.com.
Publisher:
SuperCool Applications  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43817fa2fa27c555afdec08238559b21

SHA-1:
dcd79ca6261cf3146e2b11dd70866427e8647730

SHA-256:
fc1f950d604277200f9dfee654a890f2ffef430c262277cbf845c2851076dc20

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:00:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.703
7.11.156.154

AVG
MalSign.Max Setup
2016.0.2988

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18652

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0256

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JO (variant)
9.9756

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_open officesetup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.13.4

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11965

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.09.13.04

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.6644

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.SuperCoolApplications (M)
15.8.6.10

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28880

File size:
786.9 KB (805,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SuperCool Applications

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/14/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2014 4:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uZFCpC87wni/zAqx/ngLJ5iVYWzIu73wMsKvg/:u7O3wi/0qxEJPWLLr1v

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8760

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.photoshop-4u.com/?dl=1&meta=crPJ2rWzIrWwUdREUdWjUzWPDrFthXtjcmVP2rldDX0mIT1zvm2yIKiWvmREhKVuvmNjhVVTvmNBDz1l QDjhTnmDZ0wvmNpDZ1fAjAdAjcdNZcRvmt3hXtGDXl3 3vCfSDt2Z1Y K507dP0eXslfSDt j1YcrRP7dVtDKF0fSDj2Z1Y2r5yDdV0fSDu2Z1YIKDZ dF0DKF0OCxWedlmLdVPcmNoOlxWvmV4cHaWed5jDKlCfSDPcZ1Y7Kxw 3Np2rlJ E0mDH7Wedxl2mljDX0mvm5EIKiWXzaFNzcFNjM3NznR

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