beyonce.exe

The application beyonce.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-gn1.com.
MD5:
68280206e7eea05f181f899515593018

SHA-1:
84968010792da629ede1a9070fb298dec23bff4d

SHA-256:
d5210cfa70098d38a029b8129edea63c3acce38352168eb5814f03c198751839

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/23/2024 11:59:29 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen
8.3.2.2

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2923

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.72
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.P.gen
4.6.5.141

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.212.17877

Malwarebytes
v2015.11.17.11

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.209.3189.0

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

Trend Micro House Call
HV_INSTALLCORE_BK083F14.TOMC
7.2.321

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.2691
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
PlayTurtle
45252

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.780
2.0.0.2513

File size:
1 MB (1,100,640 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gloja8US0st3DxEaNA/sFdV+rrO75Y3Xw5B9/QNmzdpVk:crPp2xEOBdV+vO75D9Imzd

Entry address:
0xCAB50

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, E4, 1D, 40, 00, E8, 84, DA, FF, FF, FF, CC, 83, 44, 24, 04, F8, E9, 95, 4E, 00, 00, 83, 44, 24, 04, F8, E9, B3, 4E, 00, 00, 83, 44, 24, 04, F8, E9, BD, 4E, 00, 00, CC, 69, 11, 40, 00, 73, 11, 40, 00, 7D, 11, 40, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 46, 88, 11, 40, 00, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 12, 40, 00, 94, 11, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 12, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.9556

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 bytes)

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

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