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facebook-chrome.exe

Innova Group

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application facebook-chrome.exe by Innova Group 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Innova Group  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cc1a8da78e858d5788dec70a81d3d4fe

SHA-1:
d7694c005955efbcb6f5f2af743e1c4e46e9a88a

SHA-256:
e5c0e5239313a30f865854fa99231b10cd72b70414c18a8e8d115d635c927e11

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/19/2024 9:45:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.InnovaGroup (M)
16.2.1.5

File size:
644.5 KB (659,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\facebook-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Innova Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/12/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/13/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Innova Group, O=Innova Group, STREET="Via Chiamue, 17", L=Tolmezzo, S=UD, PostalCode=33028, C=IT

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

Serial number:
009C9607E856349C7C4CB98E5661EAD1AE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DQFagpVFdJZjRI8kw+EwJ4m3T8hLRTzyMd+bzJARwLJt93nwBGE3Fss/fvfS/ZXR:DQFNZZjYD4mAhtIJAROlE3Dqzd

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file facebook-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://d13dhn7ldhrcf6.cloudfront.net/?version=0303142&domain=facebook-chrome&name=Facebook!&icon=aHR0cDovL2ltYWdlcy5ici5zZnRjZG4ubmV0L2JyL3Njcm4vMzMzODAwMC8zMzM4MjU0L2ZhY2Vib29rLTA4LTMyeDMyLnBuZw==&url=aHR0cDovL2ZhY2Vib29rLWNocm9tZS5zb2Z0b25pYy5jb20uYnIvZG93bmxvYWQtdHJhY2tlcj90aD0xJTJGNkNIOWFlWGVkbDRMOHUlMkJCSE5KWFdUVyUyQkxQMUxGbG5HUXB4cWpseEFOV2VzelhuY3J4RWxMa1RJQ2tvektCWjZzazB6d083ZUhUdGFMZ2xHU1dod3ZXaHVmTkc0JTJCNkVCR3lJdTlJd1N3bU1OSTgwZGVSbWhGTXRwOHhuOHFaOSUyQjNiNmd5MWlSa29tekg1VVU2VmhSR3BvU3N3Yll3ZyUyQmtiUEJwd201aHJNbkpoU0dmUkYzRXlmbWxMYjBuZUlpRGtRSW1DOGxnaDNKdmMyRXlzVG9nJTNEJTNE&os=&lang=pt_BR&desc=RmFjZWJvb2sgYSB1bSBjbGlxdWUgbm8gQ2hyb21l

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