FlvPlayerSetup.exe

Best Free Downloads

The file is a bundle distribution and utilizes the installCore download manager to distribute this potentially unwanted software. The application FlvPlayerSetup.exe by Best Free Downloads has been detected as adware by 5 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.great-onlineapps.com.
Publisher:
Best Free Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d8126df419f7e30744a9e3811d2ada13

SHA-1:
d7f613d93be02ab84660e42d37f6d1c1be16f70d

SHA-256:
9540f13860316dbf8c3605d2a749fe6c27143979137f5a0695aa6ac6a7236063

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/23/2024 4:28:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.142.186

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3508

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MX (variant)
8.9665

Malwarebytes
v2014.04.11.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BestFreeDownloads.O
14.4.11.6

File size:
709.2 KB (726,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/20/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/21/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Best Free Downloads, O=Best Free Downloads, STREET=Lilienblum 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
046CC4AA2B722C5117786BD75A823929

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UNHpmjaq/6Hk33GRDXSd/zbnYclJcSBJSe1j9SRW6irZG/KXTiXVDE9rUPo5k+8U:UNHEGPHrRDCdLbnbvJxaWrGX5ArUg5kq

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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Entropy:
7.8557

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

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