google_earth.exe

My Program

Symbolicom Holdings Limited

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application google_earth.exe, “My Program Setup ” by Symbolicom Holdings Limited has been detected as adware by 5 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:
Symbolicom Holdings Limited  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
675f1e38a2f242c4b113eea7781cd199

SHA-1:
7582d707c54ac4e4ac419e366a4d52c94c25746e

SHA-256:
e8c3e10e9fb809f4f3df053e4fe1642d3d9b6bfbbdc1fc48197a19f572c03651

Scanner detections:
5 / 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 10:12:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3398

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PT potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.10.4

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SymbolicomHoldingsLimited.M
14.8.7.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
779.2 KB (797,944 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
6/10/2014 8:06:04 PM

Valid to:
6/11/2015 8:06:04 PM

Subject:
CN=Symbolicom Holdings Limited, O=Symbolicom Holdings Limited, L=Tortola, C=VG

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

Serial number:
1121202947393588614ECB9CFD4B1531494C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:h1vHDMGX6cYgjomrVwSgBrEa7waG5PeIbXIvE:hJwGKcYgvgxw2I1

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:
7.8380

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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