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app cleaner setup.exe

AppCleaner

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application app cleaner setup.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw6.en.uptodown.com.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
AppCleaner

Version:
2.0.4807.25444

MD5:
6cc2c3f7da6afbd2ba0927266a516c6d

SHA-1:
a196a1282e639929deab051066a620ed23b16917

SHA-256:
121fb59f804631b991f4bba6b8cdd0f2f57534b957dfddf3d0a97345a759e403

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/18/2024 10:55:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.UpdateStarGmbH.R
14.5.6.2

File size:
1023.8 KB (1,048,408 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4807.25444

Copyright:
Copyright UpdateStar GmbH.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\app cleaner setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
1/3/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstraße 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

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

Serial number:
009ED227324380B40DDE36C8D31A33831F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wrKUx28fkpkrVg9PZDfM6db/lwnla2OHl/sgv0x8Xqk5SxHj3ulz3vN/kyzG:aKUbf+EOfl/lCyHTv0x8XWylrl2

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file app cleaner setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dw6.en.uptodown.com/dw/1413395442/.../appcleaner-2-0-en-de-win.exe

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