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brother-mfl-pro-suite.exe

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application brother-mfl-pro-suite.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.updatestar.com.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cffc5c8dc6905ab59218a681e6c1c741

SHA-1:
83f4e62c73297948eda2c5b9048be6cba7c75220

SHA-256:
cc9d19497b3e88b06d1a5dcac357e2c87ec9ee5977c33754970f4dae5f5caf41

Scanner detections:
14 / 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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:49:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.106.64

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.AX
18283

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0332

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.CI (variant)
8.8888

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R4.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.173.9807

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.11.28.01

McAfee
Artemis!CFFC5C8DC690
5600.6933

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UpdateStarGmbH.V
14.11.28.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141126

Sophos
Install Core Installer
4.93

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0915
7.2.332

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
22188

File size:
598.5 KB (612,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\brother-mfl-pro-suite.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/2/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 7:59:59 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:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IyMJfsGsuX/AIUq9vFYIU6bgVaCdXtG+FYWpgOVsfoutOMOj2Ok3X+3R5bDX:IyMJfsPk/f3r8sCh9hpOwu9OCD+3/bj

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:
7.8566

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file brother-mfl-pro-suite.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.updatestar.com/.../2051533

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