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adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe

Media Ingea SL

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe by Media Ingea SL has been detected as adware by 18 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 dw1.it.uptodown.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Media Ingea SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6f8b4a1028fb31fdd26d159d18d8331a

SHA-1:
90d1bede8999090d4e76d81f921c9fbcf39fb3c7

SHA-256:
b64199e8f08c00a41d2437dd318571f8bc907fc01029830d13f31754e98ce0cc

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/23/2024 7:48:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.148.58

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3458

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14531

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18237

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0151

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected (variant)
8.9771

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore_JE
5/31/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12013

McAfee
Artemis!6F8B4A1028FB
5600.7114

Norman
Kryptik.CDMO
11.20140531

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.8c6
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MediaIngeaSL.a
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14529

Sophos
InstallCore ToDownload
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0402
7.2.151

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28984

File size:
667 KB (683,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Ingea SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/1/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Media Ingea SL, O=Media Ingea SL, STREET="Pirandello 16, planta 2", L=Malaga, S=Malaga, PostalCode=29010, C=ES

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

Serial number:
00C034A59569FF794D7687FB8D40A50D76

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):
12288:1vppvF/vS00mTbFw9TjMLmGOnLtrDuyjwMdD85XUZqsm:1vLvhvSLmTbFwjMS1tfqMiXUZqsm

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 adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://dw1.it.uptodown.com/dm/1398945465/.../adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe

http://dw1.it.uptodown.com/dw/1398786439/.../adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe

http://dw1.it.uptodown.com/dm/1398782731/.../adwcleaner-3-0-23-60099-it-setup.exe

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