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Meresa

C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd

The application ares.exe, “Meresa Setup ” by C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments 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 Inno Setup 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.signsbitsgrab.com.
Publisher:
Femadih   (signed by C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd)

Product:
Meresa

Description:
Meresa Setup

Version:
3.1.1.0

MD5:
9ffb5625bb7b0aadbb7e68ce01627b68

SHA-1:
3f3faeb9c55101e1cf00468c435f0e3eee02c79e

SHA-256:
cfa19ab5500a56b237a9a9eaaf2ff452318a4f28dd55307c9a6e2e9022d33f6a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 2:40:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
17.2.26.4

File size:
973.6 KB (996,952 bytes)

Product version:
5.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/11/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/11/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd, O=C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd, STREET=3 Mikonis Shmuel, L=TEL AVIV-JAFFA, S=Israel, PostalCode=6777212, C=IL

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

Serial number:
42BF94673750AF4A912BA52F4F25C320

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

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

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