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downloadmanagersetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application downloadmanagersetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 12 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.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
16d852f6fc5d4a026f7673d70782c9fd

SHA-1:
8ca5519a7ecd9cf797f1ce0b79da8ea9492aa3a1

SHA-256:
74b68c36fb9958ad87c51e3b8f1a0fe950d4a6903e08cd513396ba57f093e528

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
4/16/2024 3:13:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.143.56

AVG
Adware InstallCore
2016.0.3179

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26328
9.0.1.064

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.LQ potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Skintrim.1!Generic
v6.4.6.5.141

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of downloadmanagersetup.exe.4xc324b.partial (Adware)
2015.6.12.14

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

McAfee
Artemis!9C839B1297E3
5600.6835

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore.cxkwlc
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.ironSource
15.3.5.21

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28115

File size:
669.5 KB (685,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2001 3:24:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:k4MqKV8roZbrrbYmLnKW01u9ZMEEpJ+IrYSZSBQC22UX7H0:FMqfsZnYmKt1QMEqkwlZ5DrH

Entry address:
0x9386

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 90, A2, 40, 00, 68, 06, 95, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, E4, A0, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 1C, DE, 40, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 20, DE, 40, 00, FF, FF, 15, E0, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 18, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 18, A1, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 14, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, A1, E8, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 24, DE, 40, 00, E8, 10, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, B0, C9, 40, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 02, 95, 40, 00, FF, 15, EC, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.8429

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
33.5 KB (34,304 bytes)

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