adwcleaner-3-205-63097-fr-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-3-205-63097-fr-setup.exe by Media Ingea SL has been detected as adware by 14 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.fr.uptodown.com.
Publisher:
Media Ingea SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8a2178ab08c1f01b53b1fa79cc1cb720

SHA-1:
cb452eb26638e7552d144956ddf5cd39b1178a49

SHA-256:
55e3a3a9f860bb0124f84fb72449da7d4655f64e0d0942e39c81492b3b5b3d77

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/16/2024 7:52:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.147.88

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3484

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18219

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0125

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected (variant)
8.9756

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11965

Norman
Kryptik.CDMO
11.20140505

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MediaIngeaSL.FF
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14503

Sophos
InstallCore ToDownload
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28880

File size:
667 KB (683,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adwcleaner-3-205-63097-fr-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:wvppvF/vS00mTbFw9TjMLmGOnLtrDuyjwMdD85XUZqs:wvLvhvSLmTbFwjMS1tfqMiXUZqs

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:
7.7818

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adwcleaner-3-205-63097-fr-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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