hair-stylist.exe

Sweet Gamer LLC

The application hair-stylist.exe by Sweet Gamer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 30 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Sweet Gamer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
94e714e0865140f6f9820a462374f75f

SHA-1:
e00dc15a53aed44a3c011755d7d653cd8133d427

SHA-256:
4fa8396af0a7881373b12af86df6c31f74c6f8e4b4c516941d8768d14471dea6

Scanner detections:
30 / 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 7:12:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
5711060

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Generic
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen
8.3.2.4

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
151212-2

AVG
Adware MultiBundle.Y
2015.0.4477

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
1.0.20.1735

Clam AntiVirus
W32.Adware.InstallCore
0.98/21159

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.40
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
15.12.13

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.Q potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.C.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor
5.15.21

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
15.12.25

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.18090

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetGamer
v2015.12.13.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
16.0.0.1041

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore.bbwnnj
1.0.10.5081

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.18590
12.12.2015 20:21:58

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.12.13.02

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1077

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.SweetGamer (M)
15.12.13.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.InstallCore!6.DF9 [F]
23.00.65.151211

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Installer'
5.22

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Wajam/Variant
9450

Trend Micro House Call
TSPY_INSTALLCORE_BL1303EC.TOMC
7.2.347

Trend Micro
TSPY_INSTALLCORE_BL1303EC.TOMC
10.465.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.1312
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45802

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.18098
2.0.0.2561

File size:
1 MB (1,076,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/10/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sweet Gamer LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sweet Gamer LLC, L=Sunrise, S=Florida, C=US

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:
4621306F285D000FDDD0445E05FEEF1E

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:S8UpzRaz4UfNTUjWVBpaQMDowp/FkbHlkBRNty3ecfIjmwtSTmMonCtAI:PAzRaf9cXowZFkbHl6NSecfK2T1onS

Entry address:
0xC1A22

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 89, D2, 4C, 00, E8, D8, F6, FF, FF, 12, D4, 28, 90, 02, AF, 61, F3, 48, 3D, BD, E4, 6A, 03, 04, D4, 6D, E9, A5, 2F, EE, 3B, D6, 8A, B1, C7, 85, 9D, 34, 50, 96, 39, 31, 75, C1, A7, 27, BD, E3, 18, 36, 7E, B0, 14, 07, AB, 05, 18, 83, E8, 5F, C7, 7E, 5D, 2A, 61, B8, 14, E4, 67, C6, 00, 51, 9A, C2, E3, 44, C9, E3, B6, AA, 03, 54, 40, E2, 38, E6, 09, 96, 5B, 7D, E1, 89, 81, 4B, 90, 32, A0, 44, 6F, F7, DB, 59, 05, 71, 92, 5B, EB, 09, 91, A2, 8B, CD, 13, DA, 73, 68, 89, 83, 61, 7A, 49...
 
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Entropy:
6.7425

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
786.5 KB (805,376 bytes)

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