altastgreeting_font_installer.exe

Max Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application altastgreeting_font_installer.exe by Max Setup has been detected as adware by 8 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 www.fonts101.com.
Publisher:
Max Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e1a78bf5d879a97fca56eae995bbed8

SHA-1:
6e329d51fa7346e336fd48ca1096c6d141a99261

SHA-256:
cc952beba118949f2830d81b661ee1f52fcabb3e80d734ad26d441b55d190b75

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/26/2024 4:30:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
InstallCore
2015.0.3474

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0134

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MJ (variant)
8.9800

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.5.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12080

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSetup.DD
14.5.13.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore.ba
29208

File size:
688.7 KB (705,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/10/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/11/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Setup, O=Max Setup, STREET=Lillienblam 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
008F6F1294DBB38F9F80A7A06DE489DF45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:7Tvpo9sffOQbxsw9/2ELkiige5PDWEWtB9cK3qG:7TvG9sffVJ4NL/5PStfP3qG

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:
7.7717

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file altastgreeting_font_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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