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Exent Technologies Ltd.

The application cooking academy.exe, “Software Setup ” by Exent Technologies has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. 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 cdn.freeridefiles.com.
Publisher:
Program Software   (signed by Exent Technologies Ltd.)

Product:
Software

Description:
Software Setup

MD5:
96dfe0554267ca0fc12eb1ab8ae72126

SHA-1:
774985921e59553d8fe095d03aa0917aa29cafeb

SHA-256:
2b50b06276b00d1d548b6612625ee946d274196cf19c1b9457c03f9f70ceaf4a

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/29/2024 5:36:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RES (M)
16.7.3.8

File size:
717.3 KB (734,480 bytes)

Product version:
5.4.1

Copyright:
Program

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Exent Technologies Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Exent Technologies Ltd., OU=IT, O=Exent Technologies Ltd., L=Petach Tikva, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4682D777E39325BE9FB51EB2E27D5E37

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:KBTpPe6xCGdi0r13pRZC4Kz3Xr+DvNZB4EjySGKzlRiVt7/baEH2p7u9kR+:KBTZnCG5r13bOzgvNh+KlRi/N2tu9B

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.8322

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.freeridefiles.com/c?x=RxSwI9nVryt214 KkRXJxFB730rXSMCPtjm5zN8/lSY=&c=tySV/NWgk4O936o6oCqrPOry//37qyog39g7gBJwTobtSOE/NzpFGu xAz2Q bXpkNqHB6e8CgFNZ93jf0OJLQ==&downloadAs=Cooking Academy.exe&fallback_url=http://www.freeridegames.com/.../getSDMOffersGW?sId=&gameId=581350

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