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hair-stylist.exe

The application hair-stylist.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 25 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-gn1.com.
MD5:
d473f1e4d89f9cb0b0d5d77799f331b1

SHA-1:
de8752a78bf07beea8484f34b380d20d103ac44d

SHA-256:
dc874684cfd247c9cf9e0f2745b7fe2b64520842ade4aa15d77ee94c4eda9fc3

Scanner detections:
25 / 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:
4/25/2024 5:26:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
6387489

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Strictor
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.179.120

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
150102-1

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
1.0.20.30

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAutoA
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Installcore-34
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.40
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.V2.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13727

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
16.0.0.18

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore.bbumfu
0.28.2.62671

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.1065816
14.10.17.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.Strictor!6.846
23.00.65.15104

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Installer'
5.09

Trend Micro House Call
HV_INSTALLCORE_BK084751.TOMC
7.2.6

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Adware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

File size:
1 MB (1,065,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hair-stylist.exe

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:iJEj04ZJgdzt2erx/TiXHJ5Zdhu0UjuSy4WTvVkiVS87ZxPvue4c82Wz6/IKLvbq:iipZcz5T+HJ/ijfW9DEzcLv0ytmEvqd

Entry address:
0xC2240

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 50, 5F, 40, 00, E8, 19, E9, FF, FF, C8, 02, 89, 03, 8B, C3, 83, C0, 04, E8, 9C, F7, FF, FF, E9, FE, 00, 00, 00, 8B, F7, E9, F7, 00, 00, 00, 8B, C6, 2B, C7, 89, 44, 24, 04, 3B, 1D, 18, 46, 46, 00, 75, 67, A1, 14, 46, 46, 00, 3B, 44, 24, 04, 7C, 53, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 29, 05, 14, 46, 46, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 04, 01, 05, 18, 46, 46, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 46, 46, 00, 0C, 7D, 18, A1, 14, 46, 46, 00, 01, 05, 18, 46, 46, 00, 03, 35, 14, 46, 46, 00, 33, C0, A3, 14, 46, 46, 00, 8B, C6, 2B, C7, 01, 05...
 
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Entropy:
6.9523

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
786.5 KB (805,376 bytes)

The file hair-stylist.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-gn1.com/.../GameNutt-iCore.exe&dn=hair-stylist.exe&sid=ADNXMANR-5.6&pid=gn-ic-5.6&browser=ch&ptrk=8nmbrkm5nfe16v9f2a93ah4o25

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