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gom_player_ja.exe

Webcellence Ltd.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application gom_player_ja.exe by Webcellence has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform. The file has been seen being downloaded from safe.to.download.downloadastro.com.
Publisher:
Webcellence Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0b40b2e4d193d385604423bab27e93c3

SHA-1:
e6edc3904836cf82898a16069492d7ae4fe6305a

SHA-256:
dddf244ab9cf0aa692d505c73ca7fc7c5e844357aeb56d7840aa64a8e6e2f117

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:32:23 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.Webcellence.N
2013.8.24.1

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.045

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.CF (variant)
7.8723

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of babylon_en.exe (Adware)
2013.12.20.16

IKARUS anti.virus
SoftwareBundler
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.170.9377

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Installcore
v2013.11.26.01

McAfee
Artemis!7274816CC75A
5600.7220

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.163.1557.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webcellence.N
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14212

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.96

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0829
7.2.45

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
20828

File size:
670.6 KB (686,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Webcellence Ltd.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/4/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Webcellence Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Webcellence Ltd., L=Moshav Ora, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
2742F1242826FB7F69B052B7F394DFED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+aOyMJfsGYgD9zv0IG1nV4ofwWQrmvVstZ4BLzpqnmOIvz2Wza9y:xOyMJfsjgD9z+n8rmXumOg2Wo

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7965

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://safe.to.download.downloadastro.com/gom_player_ja.exe

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