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google-earth.exe

The application google-earth.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 19 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 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.download-pc.com.
MD5:
5824adff7fa028f7b98ac72c9c916655

SHA-1:
c6763e418648e9bbbc2fe02b188ae008a33ccb48

SHA-256:
f8e96e7921a3afc7cc84b5c0f75bb296960de239e0fde42b33c2044aeaceed54

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/24/2024 9:39:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.199.138

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Agent.AP
20604

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0101

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
10.10966

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
16.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814541

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Freemium.A
v2016.04.10.05

McAfee
Artemis!5824ADFF7FA0
5600.6433

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dfgmnd
0.30.0.64448

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
16.04.10.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ENG (M)
16.4.10.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.16408

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OLM14
7.2.101

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OLM14
10.465.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
36394

File size:
584.4 KB (598,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\google-earth.exe

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DMJfsGGZ/tEQ1B/l8CRi5ebHPEPJzWU4BfqZrvj3SGZGYzsB8HSm:DMJfsX/6Q14v+HeJyUAqZDLSGQYAQ

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:
7.8118

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://www.download-pc.com/en/downloads/.../Google-Earth.exe

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