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flashplayer_updater.exe

TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application flashplayer_updater.exe by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1013.com.
Publisher:
Open Software Installer  (signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE)

Product:
Open Software Installer

Version:
2.2.2.5

MD5:
e33db003a88219c3331a10d81284547e

SHA-1:
ed1e8c3419e71d22b3978e29ba141e89f0eae248

SHA-256:
9e6acd7d6f27cf3d15c5e81a081bf86b943ecddaf73335c7ee794a60d1abeabd

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:
4/19/2024 2:40:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.TRUSTEDI.Bundler (M)
16.6.6.5

File size:
875.2 KB (896,224 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.2.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\flashplayer_updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2A889382754355CE927EAE3A2EA732CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2014 9:37:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jAMLKmtvPyHu7GC5xy9pNg4W7HMcJcN+2QHC/5:siKmHyOXp7scgQA

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadnet1013.com/download/.../dl?bc=1187465&pid=installmetrix&brand=installmetrix.com&aid=430678&c=supcc010_sda6p_cir9a_supcc010_einortuf_jlp2dbr_MSIE_430678_nokws_0717&country=BR&cb=1279566514&filename=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&productKey=p3kz63nkp6vuvqn6le35zhqpafbck33m&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1187483

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