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bubbles.exe

The application bubbles.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 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-gn2.com.
MD5:
31b16f2b5ea7a8b802047c91cde527db

SHA-1:
cd56a7e7543fac598a4816c267c8455b5aa5fe57

SHA-256:
b5af92d021259b9dda76c161a74c1c1acb55f28753605644f39c2525a375e996

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
5/10/2024 7:41:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.15343231
5820122

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
151219-1

AVG
Adware InstallCore.ABN
2015.0.4477

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.80
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.15343231
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AZ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.608.0

Norman
Trojan.Generic.15343231
12.12.2015 20:21:58

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core'
5.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
45918

File size:
1.1 MB (1,202,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JLPFIepcrzdAUktDGAVU+bmWKtBIEeG2iQiTNoGvXihFaq9YpYPlme:HFcrz2UktCAVU+b/s2a+7KqWCz

Entry address:
0xD63E0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 08, 05, 41, 00, E8, 05, D8, FF, FF, 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, 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, 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, 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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7324

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
869.5 KB (890,368 bytes)

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

http://installerlaunch-gn2.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-gn2.com/gn/gn_5638.exe&dn=bubbles.exe&sid=4491-v1&pid=1293&browser=chrome&ptrk=tgnme2ulq5145draqjvdnql4r6&SKIP_ALL=false&UNINSTALL=false&DOP=2&typ=http://.../ty.php

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