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Gole

Quality Connector (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 google-chrome.exe, “Gole Setup ” by Quality Connector (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Gimederasa   (signed by Quality Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.))

Product:
Gole

Description:
Gole Setup

MD5:
7666e33bfac7556431aaf9b9432b6e3c

SHA-1:
e1079e4d42f2c845daa69c2eccf0dd9f9d981bcb

SHA-256:
1964ea29160d774bd3151d518b5f2d775c389413caad2872e11adca34cfcac9e

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
4/24/2024 4:30:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.25.11

File size:
1 MB (1,074,560 bytes)

Product version:
3.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quality Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 4:27:52 AM

Valid to:
6/24/2016 9:55:45 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11214B6ECCA6831B1EFBB5A21FAA03C0835A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:R6CGA7lxSauRGVj+jr+SFoXllO70d64/eaAxdaojzro0:R6V0xSaugVj+sP5Gx1zn

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:
7.8749

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file google-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloader.browsersinfo.com/download.php?id=5568d117603bdc6f2fa5a8ce81b3f2bb15ddbfa1&z=8&p=eyJweSI6ImJpIiwicnMiOiJnb29nbGUiLCJydCI6InNlYXJjaCIsImMiOiJ1cyIsIm8iOiJ3aW43IiwiYiI6ImNoMzIiLCJ1X2lkIjoiYmlfNTJmNmExNDhkMGIwOTMuMjUxMTM2MzQiLCJwYV9pZCI6IjgiLCJzdF9pZCI6IjAiLCJzcF9pZCI6IjAwMDAtMDAwMCIsInRzIjoxMzkxODk0ODU2LCJrdyI6Imdvb2dsZSBjaHJvbWUiLCJjdSI6Imdvb2dsZSBjaHJvbWUiLCJjYSI6bnVsbH0=

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