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hair-stylist.exe

The application hair-stylist.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 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 installerlaunch-gn2.com.
MD5:
e006d2b63e71da538e1c8255d1acbef1

SHA-1:
eed5e5d4daa3b17f1e0b11c3bbd5b6664cc0f531

SHA-256:
f9423488a8dd9dc2e0c000d847a9c27207bb1e4b541e9e67f6e23a1287adc926

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/19/2024 8:56:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
151217-3

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.133
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.EI potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core'
5.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835495
45976

File size:
965.2 KB (988,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

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:tOyMJfssLBvIlpP1v1xEra+1T/QfExHmIi5cl89GsFKeIA:clJfswOpP19fAT4cxGTY88A

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:
7.8288

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://installerlaunch-gn2.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-gn2.com/gn/gn_13917_v2.exe&dn=hair-stylist.exe&sid=4721-us&pid=1293&browser=chrome&ptrk=kbavlnfkiatc55t4s7or9if7g2&SCHEME_EXT=Optimized&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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