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bluestacks download manager.exe

AppCenter, Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application bluestacks download manager.exe by AppCenter has been detected as adware by 13 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.
Publisher:
AppCenter, Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ee41632639c033ad31e064352ae31c73

SHA-1:
2308fd345f42e9046810f5672d0a6c2dba252689

SHA-256:
a736d44e98986291fe86bd182fe3ff56917aa0eae349a724ffb92e5a309942aa

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:46:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.205.178

AVG
InstallC
2016.0.3215

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25266
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.NS potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-2d45491d
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.CZ
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14786

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.01.28.12

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgmoo
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppCenter
15.1.28.11

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36666

File size:
609.3 KB (623,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bluestacks download manager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AppCenter, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/17/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/18/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="AppCenter, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="AppCenter, Inc.", L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0A297D559E56794BFC370BAA3D48D630

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8Gvp2DsL+YRCVrohe+HUesbBIvZj+QnzZXHBgCl0/oHlsHpfn:8GvMDXY/heMlVBVXuCe/ouHpP

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:
7.7688

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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