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Max Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application flashplayer.exe by Max Setup has been detected as adware 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 Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Max Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e87137e352c6302e682da0879d555bc

SHA-1:
170b2d0452ad18d9ba1d33629e3d23624d8998ef

SHA-256:
403a4fe5529656b5c2ac62516584f20d74ffcc8ca25e30ac0e865fa84b2bc860

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 7:07:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.MaxSetup (M)
15.12.26.0

File size:
653.9 KB (669,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/10/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/11/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Setup, O=Max Setup, STREET=Lillienblam 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
008F6F1294DBB38F9F80A7A06DE489DF45

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:AWaFaEED0dyHOmou0/PYJ+/jqSJ74dELYvB5mQL4KQ3QqmPgSidl5huCLJRm1e9P:1aFpEQdfJu0/QJ+/jqSJwLkKQAqmPgNx

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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Entropy:
7.8623

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://iron.zbane.com/MAIN/.../flvplayer.php?name=flashplayer&cc=US&url=http://www.zbane.com/MAIN/.../flashplayer.exe&m=__sitename__&ymid=-_-NTdlYV8xMDRfMTcwNl8xNzI3X1VTXzE2Mi4yMzYuMTM2LjlfZjM4XzEzNDcxMF9BUFA-_-lax1CNuribjPuOmaXBACGL-nh8amrKrMKSINMTYyLjIzNi4xMzYuOSgBMIfAhpsF&chnl=2221332

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