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fwtunerso.exe

Soft

Free Download (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application fwtunerso.exe, “Soft Setup ” by Free Download (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 20 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.
Publisher:
FWT_DLM  (signed by Free Download (Fried Cookie Ltd.))

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
3.1.5.a0.1_32658

MD5:
86f6fe4f73b6199b79b37ec4edf4c8dd

SHA-1:
4e5cae05c33829c7ba9ec4e63524c6d94eeb1bee

SHA-256:
9ba2b7929c309b301c6ae7627af72e809356afc62fc73770ad76aa62f5203cf4

Scanner detections:
20 / 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:
5/19/2024 8:25:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.708664
7.11.200.126

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3133

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15420

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FriedCookie.CIRK
20663

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.15
9.0.1.0110

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UN potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/FrieCook
4/20/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
11.2015-22-07_4

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.DI
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fituner.exe (Adware)
2015.7.22.3

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.190.14602

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.FrieCook
14.0.0.2161

McAfee
Artemis!86F6FE4F73B6
5600.6789

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dnazso
0.30.20.1219

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
15.04.20.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.InstallCore.Installer
15.4.20.13

Sophos
Generic PUA EO
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1229
7.2.110

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
36536

File size:
692.1 KB (708,664 bytes)

Product version:
2.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Free Download (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/27/2014 11:26:58 AM

Valid to:
10/28/2015 11:26:58 AM

Subject:
CN=Free Download (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Free Download (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112188FF79FB726173E4354F5D668F721A4F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5W4Ip7hDazv0YYJglkVyyA1i5IGDUz3xNodp+KauUQSNvD6UCzN99eQf7YUCDTbS:5W4Izsv0vJEkVyfi5y3xNdKaudSNvD6V

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:
7.8861

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.fwtfilescontent.com/?ic_user_id=144

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