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fileopenersetup.exe

ADLSoft

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application fileopenersetup.exe by ADLSoft has been detected as adware by 10 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.free-fileopener.com.
Publisher:
ADLSoft  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4922634662fceb6266a62430ea1b0386

SHA-1:
9e8d138d8a9100e273ce534a5bfd3a9df90e3db9

SHA-256:
85847e2113105dc83b43a98530e660c241329ab6e66e518ba70c0c462bb266cb

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download and install manager which may bundle various potentially unwanted software offers during setup.

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 2:57:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.164.214

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3396

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OG (variant)
8.9812

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of downloadmanagersetup.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.20

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Adlsoft
v2014.07.31.07

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.7052

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ADLSoft.P
14.8.8.3

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
29296

File size:
783.1 KB (801,848 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ADLSoft

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/20/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/25/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ADLSoft, O=ADLSoft, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1C7950C7BFF384C5ABB93DD694E588E8

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+DvpNU8nPvT7Kyz6pzaYhIuydT1JEqlioyywqXX6GLA/AhXRX4GL7wAI/cZKv65T:+Dv9T0p2YhR0/ioyAXXVIAMGL7JI/n

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:
7.8793

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.free-fileopener.com/file-opener/gb/.../?dl=1

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