» cain_abel.exe
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Analysis
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cain_abel.exe

Makakuk

BULLY UNITY LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application cain_abel.exe, “Makakuk Setup ” by BULLY UNITY has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer.

File name:

cain_abel.exe

Publisher:

Riha (signed by BULLY UNITY LTD)

Product:

Makakuk

Description:

Makakuk Setup

MD5:

c4c897d5e5b2ee12d1bcbaa52c6b8284

SHA-1:

fa61d9632c54070ae93720b1205f7d7bd3b37fbc

SHA-256:

703ce4b8b4a7317f42fdd1db82a670c5e6cf25277cbf416394df77eac41435f0

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

6/24/2025 10:44:06 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.3.15.7

File size:

1.3 MB (1,402,560 bytes)

Product version:

5.3.2

Lite

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\cain_abel.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

BULLY UNITY LTD

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

8/9/2016 4:55:02 PM

Valid to:

8/10/2017 4:55:02 PM

Subject:

CN=BULLY UNITY LTD, O=BULLY UNITY LTD, L=Jerusalem, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

60FCAE84E0126FC8F49EC1AD

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0xAA98

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9796

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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