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adwcleaner-3-303-74053-jp-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-3-303-74053-jp-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 installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
Media Ingea SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9ec6390c344a986d84c4c518dcc97a7b

SHA-1:
524f60160276e812ce5639ac8eed00f0a85311fc

SHA-256:
e67855a15cc883747d197d03323ddd02fa4a9e0a7828e6667270e07e10501ac0

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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).

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 10:52:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OpenCandy
2014.08.13

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/UpToDown.Gen5
7.11.166.226

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3338

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.39
9.0.1.0271

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10246

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of eagleget-1-1-8-2-60631-fr-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.9.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.JoyDownloader
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.09.28.04

McAfee
Artemis!5E9087934415
5600.6994

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MediaIngeaSL.FF
14.9.28.4

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_OPENCANDY
7.2.271

Trend Micro
ADW_OPENCANDY
10.465.28

VIPRE Antivirus
Opencandy
32172

File size:
1.8 MB (1,882,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adwcleaner-3-303-74053-jp-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Ingea SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/29/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/29/2016 8:59:59 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:
00D99C3B52CF4E6E8207F3EA82BEE371EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 2:01:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+s7Cbfp19/2PZUwVIGGEb0lYYn0X+RUTvEXedh5ptb/ZFvk7epp/fpvplppppvp5:57a1d2BSYYn0lTMXedh5ptzZ+7

Entry address:
0x30E4

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, E4, 42, 00, E8, 95, 2D, 00, 00, A3, A4, E3, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, E0, 87, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, DB, 42, 00, E8, 3F, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 2D, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
5.7404

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adwcleaner-3-303-74053-jp-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://ins.jp.uptodown.com/dm/1407758070/.../adwcleaner-3-303-74053-jp-setup.exe

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