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The application chrome.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.download-pc.com.
MD5:
6b0f57316e82b5922d9ade536d116183

SHA-1:
daba1e7207b769636af579363d897d2e39b0249a

SHA-256:
08e336bec9e18e45f0f0c8cd3017db1074566574d0923fd2ae699505c8a8afae

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:53:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.AY.2
7.11.137.222

Bkav FE
W32.Clod526.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17952

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.036

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.FM
9.9559

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11482

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Freemium.A
v2015.02.05.04

McAfee
Artemis!6B0F57316E82
5600.6863

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.15203

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1102
7.2.36

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
27520

File size:
594.9 KB (609,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6kOyMJfsG4qAu2LVR1tyLGgnY3xpE7nHKqKpUCCur/fEa8DWwkU:bOyMJfsMlQXySNBpwnnrur3EaP7U

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:
7.7642

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://www.download-pc.com/en/downloads/.../Chrome.exe

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