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ccleaner_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application ccleaner_setup.exe by Soft Downloads has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Piriform CCleaner but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

ccleaner_setup.exe

Publisher:

Soft Downloads (signed and verified)

MD5:

f890070c431ba6ca1ec7c1c3658326ce

SHA-1:

2669b5388ce84ce26472cdab788faf56ebfa823f

SHA-256:

37605720c79b7614cd517ecde6348c488df91e0ebd9abfff18c1aa5c332cc17e

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:

5/28/2024 1:41:04 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7

7.11.179.192

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3127

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.7

9.0.1.0117

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.QH potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.AC.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of free_download_setup.exe (Adware)

2015.7.27.16

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.184.13741

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dhpyjp

0.30.20.1219

Reason Heuristics

Threat.Adlogica.Bundler

15.4.26.21

Sophos

Install Core Click run software

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

39676

File size:

781.9 KB (800,688 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Soft Downloads

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

9/14/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/14/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:/iHFTaSsIOSj9eYueoLK6TVFpipUGT0hb+M9:alGSPOSgdekV3ctU

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:

7.8866

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadinfo103.com/download/83/.../?_s=9l8gdv5dc2p411c44u37qnh28pgs43k95onbkqhirpge08f7jmb1-9c028ed3ef85a2ff1c959465301870fb

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