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firefox_setup_22.0.exe

Secure Installer

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application firefox_setup_22.0.exe by Secure Installer 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 the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Secure Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4de32c8aa8aff43ca2094addae59dd22

SHA-1:
f533264655d672b31841aa5da58bb3e76ee3405f

SHA-256:
adf9593561cf3a17915c22ad16bc295f5f566004eed435438226d797f487651a

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:
4/25/2024 12:14:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.2.0

File size:
593.1 KB (607,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\firefox_setup_22.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/25/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/26/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer, O=Secure Installer, STREET=720 Market Street, STREET=5th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94102, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C3507C1ADDE6B4C52E5426990F85CA2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fHyMJfs8dPOrwVJfGGhp8QTxFmyJd5jiOVBv23G2a4aezG:vyMJfskWruJfFp9ay75zO3G2a4bC

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7619

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file firefox_setup_22.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloader.ez-download.com/download.php?id=0b9477df1fb5c88fc05fdd1ce0dbae3f33d63c40B&z=0&p=eyJweSI6ImV6IiwicnMiOiJiaW5nIiwicnQiOiJzZWFyY2giLCJjIjoidXMiLCJvIjoid2luNyIsImIiOiJjaDI3IiwidV9pZCI6ImV6XzUxZDQ5MzlhY2M5NTQ0Ljk1OTA0NjU4IiwicGFfaWQiOiIwIiwic3RfaWQiOiIwIiwic3BfaWQiOiIwMDAxLTAwMDAiLCJ0cyI6MTM3Mjg4NTkxNCwia3ciOiIwcGVyYSBicm93c2VyIGZyZWUgZG93bmxvYWQiLCJjdSI6ImRvd25sb2FkIGZpcmVmb3ggNiIsImNhIjpudWxsfQ==

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