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firefox - chip-installer.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application firefox - chip-installer.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.chip.de.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
1.0.7.2

MD5:
30bc3d49f354513f75f9cc126ebf6505

SHA-1:
f446754eb1f2c543d5aaeee878c530277dd14b28

SHA-256:
45f08f6e6f782fbb47c7e0444633e9e45abe31e758b5a34e3ea74712f49948b5

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:52:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-150725

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.10929
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadSponsor.C potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11403

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of google translator for firefox - chip-installer.exe
2015.7.25.16

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Bundler
15.4.24.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,203,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.7.2

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Chip Digital GmbH

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
German (Germany)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\firefox - chip-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/7/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/24/2016 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=München, S=Bavaria, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
01A0C3E3BC069F71B464AAD34063E209

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/11/2015 4:35:48 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uq5TfcdHj4fmbo2qg0MmV0VMXfGqcnUsG0Eh3lWaUnfnnO/sWvB:uUTsamsxY3nhwlonnO/1

Entry address:
0x1A6890

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 55, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EA, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file firefox - chip-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.chip.de/.../?lastchange=210420150937&pid=chipde&cid=54394990&euid=8a7def6874c9663b2f7b24fa&source=BLUB2&browser=opera&ref=&tid=38918&tname=Browser

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