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book.exe

The application book.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.download-provider.org.
MD5:
f7d2aeb2cf3724b13ffbbaf9209ce5c1

SHA-1:
323e96ac4ee4ee0271b7dc0e4e814bee8f3fdbfd

SHA-256:
cf27706d2f46ffa783dd7e50e50c3a781c3c8ecd01bc6df1aae747758c478479

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
4/18/2024 11:48:02 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
967

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Adware
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Spnr
14.06.13

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.151.204

avast!
Win32:Adware-BDO [Adw]
2014.9-140613

AVG
MultiBundle
2015.0.3445

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14613

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
1.0.20.820

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.AH
18347

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0164

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
8.14.06.13.11

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
8.9857

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/InstallCore.CU
6/13/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
11.2014-13-06_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.06.13.11

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!bjc
5600.7101

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.40575
15.0.0.492

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.chfuhe
0.28.0.59921

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14611

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OLH13
7.2.164

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00J813
10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
29676

File size:
583.1 KB (597,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

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:XyMJfsGTr+Fwz2Wh1kDT992xsZQa16BFanASwWNTrwFZiHJk9KbVpHxCKTzh9:XyMJfskr+QrWPKsH1AsAycZipksJpHx9

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8345

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://www.download-provider.org/.../download-k:book.html?server=us

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