epubreadersetup.exe

Conversionads

The application epubreadersetup.exe by Conversionads has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.epubreader.info.
Publisher:
Conversionads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
10ab9f6c5f0fa7572869a6f57f0a2a41

SHA-1:
12494546f0e52290d12ffe8dd4cc2f63fe308faa

SHA-256:
7050a8f41f44edb017a78c544912892c90fd374bed09ca89cb4c07fc0a8c1828

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:17:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.126.44

AVG
Agent.F
2015.0.3399

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AG (variant)
8.9321

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.V2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.175.10911

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Conversionads.S
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14727

Sophos
Conversion Ads
4.96

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.2691
3.12.24.3

File size:
1 MB (1,098,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/29/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Conversionads, O=Conversionads, STREET=Am Weinberg 5, L=Neubeuern, S=Neubeuern, PostalCode=83115, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F87F8F45F7BF3EBF80C41AFC59A6916A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZNsF68irNk6G5elcMQi3N2ROWVweX4wNP8v:ZNzkdtRiMROIX4wNP2

Entry address:
0xCEAA0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, F0, 37, 41, 00, E8, 48, E7, FF, FF, C5, E8, 55, FF, FF, FF, 84, C0, 75, 04, 33, C0, 89, 06, 5A, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 8D, 40, 00, 53, 56, 57, 55, 83, C4, F8, 8B, D8, 8B, FB, 8B, 32, 8B, 43, 08, 3B, F0, 72, 6C, 8B, CE, 03, 4A, 04, 8B, E8, 03, 6B, 0C, 3B, CD, 77, 5E, 3B, F0, 75, 1B, 8B, 42, 04, 01, 43, 08, 8B, 42, 04, 29, 43, 0C, 83, 7B, 0C, 00, 75, 44, 8B, C3, E8, 35, FF, FF, FF, EB, 3B, 8B, 0A, 8B, 72, 04, 03, CE, 8B, F8, 03, 7B, 0C, 3B, CF, 75, 05, 29, 73, 0C, EB, 26, 8B, 0A, 03...
 
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Entropy:
6.9643

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
841 KB (861,184 bytes)

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

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