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Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L.

The application download-microsoft-publisher.exe by Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. 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 microsoft-publisher.malavida.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f85e8f1bc282975bf300ff2cacf4ca27

SHA-1:
0bce0f1e4648f19a2219df88d87911caa324627d

SHA-256:
f6825c600939b94b7bc30c877665159bfeb802bcd1c36b5a10e8e9834345d782

Scanner detections:
11 / 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.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 8:48:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.182.78

AVG
Ontecnia
2015.0.3306

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25266
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.NW potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13840

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.10.30.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OntecniaMediaNetworksSL.CC
14.10.27.11

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.42
2.0.0.1972

File size:
626.5 KB (641,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\download-microsoft-publisher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/23/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/24/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Ontecnia Media Networks, S.L.", L=Valencia, S=Valencia, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
13BBD08E760487FF928FBC6CD276E85E

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):
12288:HFvpvyQtX8UyXWu74bKks8GiaSTibzZwjE/NUaWtbxRO9S+0kL2:HFvlRX6Xr7N4GjSTinZLNUvtbriqkL

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:
7.8506

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file download-microsoft-publisher.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://microsoft-publisher.malavida.com/.../it-downloader

http://mvsoftsecure.org/es/.../microsoft-publisher-windows-icdownloader_es.exe

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