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Gamma Control

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The application gammacontrolv4setup.exe, “Gamma Control Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the InstallMonetizer platform which will donwload and install adware toolbars and other potentially unwanted software offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from files.downloadnow.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DesktopNerds

Product:
Gamma Control

Description:
Gamma Control Setup

MD5:
6bb05c6f0ff0bf8efc50418a01577d7b

SHA-1:
0c321ba3c27ce42758d70050b66fa724caaa3353

SHA-256:
587c8a6ac58b1f5bc6c38f550c47ab0cc048388c7c48ba0bf92120c3f85dca01

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:16:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AF
8.9677

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMonetizer.Bundle (M)
16.3.10.15

File size:
458 KB (469,008 bytes)

Product version:
4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gammacontrolv4setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9QiGClnL8+iDNdR8rZYPHotuZsyzT9ewI7BGz9vRNJluiQ5G:9QidlL8DdeyPIt0pzTYHBEoDG

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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Entropy:
7.9390

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file gammacontrolv4setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/13/11/67/.../GammaControlv4setup.exe

http://www.programosy.pl/.../pobierz,gamma-control,2.html

http://gsf-cf.softonic.com/0c3/21b/.../file?SD_used=0&channel=WEB&fdh=no&id_file=3342504&instance=softonic_en&type=PROGRAM&Expires=1430207907&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJUA62FNWTI37JTGQ&Signature=idoVM3eheSMrsTt~BRutLvymN76xKwatJ49tZ6BnLQEdgbBhDEaz5h~l6Betn7LSsVXBKPsBuSEQ3hFzt~nGtNYdeU4D-Ep2deu~KpRhd9sHdZVgmVPjFglXMVmBXEytGFRkvTNmBBI657Z9AiHACyqgUM04kkwwQyu8Ue2Ri4E_&filename=GammaControlv4setup.exe

http://www.desktopnerds.com/.../GammaControlv4setup.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/11/67/.../GammaControlv4setup.exe

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