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ccleaner_setup.exe

SMInstall

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application ccleaner_setup.exe by SMInstall has been detected as adware by 6 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. 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.
Publisher:
SMInstall  (signed and verified)

MD5:
712403c099bb55f3c53194bd664e8e34

SHA-1:
3c4ea6fc1fd0e67a55f142e053cfb47b5037f0e3

SHA-256:
9f90f892182b36ffc26e0b8e37cbe9329cf1cfe45208564a9263ac8dcabb6cf4

Scanner detections:
6 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:29:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.176.28

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3334

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QH potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SMInstall.O
14.10.2.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
33520

File size:
723.3 KB (740,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SMInstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/27/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SMInstall, O=SMInstall, STREET=28 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
31299ED25CA5E46494E969CE41814214

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):
12288:p4FaF90KibMMkl8oPeqNBUm7KCLiCbJFwE9w0QTo+QO/xkAzolsQ5kypKMXo34:p4Fw90KiRoPPL7KIbJ5w0j8mo34

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:
7.8933

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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