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freeshortcutremover.exe

Free Shortcut Remover

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeshortcutremover.exe, “Free Shortcut Remover Setup ” by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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.shortcutremover.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FreeShortcutRemover Co., Ltd.   (signed by TechEvolve GMBH)

Product:
Free Shortcut Remover

Description:
Free Shortcut Remover Setup

MD5:
16d8a1eff8f04db24f74c34cee0417ea

SHA-1:
34b0b12f63c1ac1b524244fcd569ec86762ae4c5

SHA-256:
19ea81f8df694e4b94b9ea6f6eade7c223076b3f22cd3bae9d931700418d0bf8

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:43:21 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140905

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.U
14.9.5.6

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
32210

File size:
1.3 MB (1,324,992 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

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:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2QiQOdXXIO6cIendML0XtDELYcr5076fid8EXn1Znx9gR9kQg:29lZIO6cIGdcqEirX1j9alg

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file freeshortcutremover.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.shortcutremover.com/FreeShortcutRemover.exe

http://dc698.4shared.com/download/.../FreeShortcutRemover_1.exe

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