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flashplayer_installer.exe

Geryon Ads S.L.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application flashplayer_installer.exe by Geryon Ads S.L has been detected as adware by 15 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. 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:
Geryon Ads S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0bca9c0c0de68999140c792baa8ea8c8

SHA-1:
2b516fbaef2a4dae8239d53a48d361e69dee0882

SHA-256:
817340ebb898b3922b7cba86cfbfc4a4de0ca9455cdfdf46cc03f914c709cf6c

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
5/2/2024 3:19:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen7
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3031

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15731

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
22243

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.38502
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PL (variant)
9.10822

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of itunes_installer.exe (Adware)
2015.9.5.11

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16013

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.07.31.09

McAfee
Artemis!0BCA9C0C0DE6
5600.6687

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GeryonAds (M)
15.7.31.21

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1111
7.2.248

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
35400

File size:
781.6 KB (800,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Geryon Ads S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/15/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/16/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Geryon Ads S.L., OU=IT, O=Geryon Ads S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
71F910550D2DD2713679787B12FF2EA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:qYCwttauSlgKUdjWNSdKqjln9dhGod34AW911+:qVqYulxWa3GAot9r+

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://appswin.net/.../flashplayer.php

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