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fileextractorsetup.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 fileextractorsetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7d32935667aa4acaabe846854c991398

SHA-1:
4bfbf899dad94bc0a31cd884b48e28be1739d5fe

SHA-256:
a89beaf768863c6016ecceaeb837d6ecee324ce6cdafc421dbffd522ad0a8e26

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

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:
4/24/2024 6:54:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.BP
7.11.137.234

Bkav FE
W32.Clod4b7.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BJ (variant)
8.9560

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.G4.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11482

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.03.20.01

McAfee
Artemis!7D32935667AA
5600.7185

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.10401

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.S
14.3.20.13

Sophos
Generic PUA EL
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
27530

File size:
657.5 KB (673,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:85rBiEKzFPBEVLdYtUQ0oq7w6lV6qw/2D4J6reP2QUfKvs0WVTiPVDEuz:81BtiPqLtpoq7Hlpw/2D4J100STi9D7z

Entry address:
0x13B7E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, F6, FF, C7, 87, 10, 47, 0E, 00, 44, 0C, CC, 1B, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.8835

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
624 KB (638,976 bytes)

The file fileextractorsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://friedcookie.com/.../file-extractor

http://s3.amazonaws.com/FriedCookie-new/.../FileExtractorSetup.exe

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