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TechEvolve GMBH

The application advancedpdfutilitiesfree.exe, “Web Setup ” by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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.pdfcore.com.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

MD5:
c1c27b93cdd3b7babffd2c31d9ab12ab

SHA-1:
282de92c9f715ff133bd150e6289cd9097776ed6

SHA-256:
37a9ae7e35df46082cb37b6536e4364b104f196eb06479c1527fd5a053493bad

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:43:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.197.44

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15930

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20441

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.11
9.0.1.0273

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UF (variant)
9.10915

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
9/30/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14410

McAfee
Artemis!C1C27B93CDD3
5600.6626

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20150930

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.TechEvolveGMBH.Installer.Meta
15.9.30.16

Sophos
Generic PUA CI
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1222
7.2.273

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
35986

File size:
678.5 KB (694,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

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:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

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:YQvpAX9zOTvyMIpYCJ2OjVMHSPUbCM7k519vyFMTU6M6jEsDMfPcsY:YQv6XtOTvyMdORZKCf5AR6jEsDPn

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 advancedpdfutilitiesfree.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pdfcore.com/AdvancedPDFUtilitiesFree.exe

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