herdprotect - chip-installer.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

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The application herdprotect - chip-installer.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
7d90c416a8262aff9735f373a83aff4a

SHA-1:
833ae150c359fdca4f0cc0e3bffcfaa798e65d64

SHA-256:
39e5ea14031013171b28503d68a9fba248cf5ad4e08dd381492e5960652aadf1

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:00:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
896

avast!
Win32:Adware-BLN [Adw]
2014.9-140822

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Illyx
4.0.3.14822

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
1.0.20.1170

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18107

Dr.Web
BackDoor.Cybergate.1
9.0.1.0234

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
8.14.08.22.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/GameTool.BB
8.9603

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/FrauDrop.ADJIS!tr
8/22/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
11.2014-22-08_6

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.FrauDrop
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11584

Kaspersky
Trojan-Dropper.Win32.FrauDrop
14.0.0.3366

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Inject.RRE
v2014.08.22.06

McAfee
Artemis!37BD65F12E99
5600.7030

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
15.0.0.702

Norman
Suspicious_Gen4.FXLPV
11.20140822

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1602076
14.03.27.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.0c3
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.8.22.18

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R00UH07C914
7.2.234

Vba32 AntiVirus
TrojanPSW.Ruftar
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27776

File size:
1.1 MB (1,101,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Chip Digital GmbH

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
German (Germany)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\herdprotect - chip-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/26/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=Muenchen, S=Bayern, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0D160B8252A4F0A16FE1255FA0A22E2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/18/2014 3:33:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Kq5TfcdHj4fmbQ2qZ3Um0G8eiLsxkG5NeQUh:KUTsamUxZiG87GDQ

Entry address:
0x18D870

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, A0, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, EC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

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