advanced_uninstaller11.exe

Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Innovative Solutions Grup SRL

The application advanced_uninstaller11.exe, “Advanced Uninstaller PRO Setup ” by Innovative Solutions Grup SRL has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.afterdawn.com and multiple other hosts a known adware distribution point operated by AfterDawn.
Publisher:
Innovative Solutions   (signed by Innovative Solutions Grup SRL)

Product:
Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Description:
Advanced Uninstaller PRO Setup

MD5:
a7781a67df260c1e86dfa8dd4abb0d4e

SHA-1:
c381063747cf6fc9faa1989efe0f8507032d9f4b

SHA-256:
e9832142cad5b964096082d7756355d53a815442a381d05859767fa0e409c289

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 4:21:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10278

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.11.30.23

File size:
16.7 MB (17,541,520 bytes)

Product version:
11.47.0.194

Copyright:
© Innovative Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\advanced_uninstaller11.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/10/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Innovative Solutions Grup SRL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Innovative Solutions Grup SRL, L=Bucharest, S=Bucharest, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
61F0BCB4F81FBE0476116752B57E8833

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:d/oav5eYEuIFNAMIZysElNYUNPfG36l7/la15JqP:9oaQYtIotZvI9NPs6BwqP

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file advanced_uninstaller11.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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