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freeshortcutremover.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeshortcutremover.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4ef0d558a0404e52a7a22b74e32c4023

SHA-1:
fe236bfa8780fabcbe3d6591cdada5aa77753e34

SHA-256:
08025828406dc906baaf2691c3eca6e42c37bc61ca5f49f7edf71e6c80d3db4e

Scanner detections:
9 / 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 10:21:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.182.128

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.11
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.RD (variant)
8.10648

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.10.31.04

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20141031

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.T
14.10.30.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
34232

File size:
698 KB (714,792 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 1:59:59 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):
12288:X+Fajv+qnVCHOrRXkHy/MG06oUAtS0Q/vezwOKUGLTLi0VT4E8eAoHP2TU46w2M8:X+Fiv+ORXkH53tUvrNHvLi6T4kAovJ4+

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:
7.8994

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

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

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-214-247-42.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.214.247.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 92b91b2d.rdns.100tb.com  (146.185.27.45:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to li918-213.members.linode.com  (45.56.68.213:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-154-190-87.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.154.190.87:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-150-214.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.150.214:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a125-56.235-136.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (125.56.235.136:443)

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