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desktop-calendar.exe

Program Setup

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application desktop-calendar.exe by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria) 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. 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 tmpfile7387.s3.amazonaws.com.

File name:

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_59214

MD5:

641b4375f4d4698f9b1641c5bd645068

SHA-1:

570a0a16273817cd3d889a6d098e6af5406c594f

SHA-256:

6f49a5749c47164dbe5d16ee6eaa84453c623f5bdea141636bd094c56dcc28f4

Scanner detections:

1 / 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 '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:

4/30/2024 3:30:25 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC.Installer (M)

16.6.27.18

File size:

915.9 KB (937,880 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_59214

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\desktop-calendar.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 7:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 10:23:54 AM

Subject:

CN=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

1121DC9E5F7E1CC5DF0CA4ED082CF7EB9D86

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:ZvKv1P8DGFiu57x5SEFzeFigd58SwkYIbtu3:tMeIfqCw46s

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:

7.9324

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file desktop-calendar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://tmpfile7387.s3.amazonaws.com/downloadstart/ic_trackings/27582/.../desktop-calendar.exe

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