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hlx5-photoplus-se-installer-en.exe

Serif (Europe) Ltd

The application hlx5-photoplus-se-installer-en.exe by Serif (Europe) has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. 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 e.ccm2.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Serif (Europe) Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
74214a4572c0f5e3dc6e6c70e99cb020

SHA-1:
550db1bf24020b87da49d764013ad6ed67f8a25e

SHA-256:
56a2e81a05bb968fdfaa2022374a06d9a8003d8c404a8f2864cc7bbd46d8cf2b

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 11:24:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.176.180

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QH (variant)
8.10515

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/6/2014

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.ESTM
16.2.23.18

Sophos
Generic PUA FF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0926
7.2.279

File size:
795.5 KB (814,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hlx5-photoplus-se-installer-en.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Serif (Europe) Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/3/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Serif (Europe) Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Serif (Europe) Ltd, L=Nottingham, S=Nottinghamshire, C=GB

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:
6263FDB9B1714CD0382337F8533C8D00

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mNFa9Xfccup6SAdIN50jN1W5MH4/fXBhW+j6E1jfiuy/QSWpkmy0GLL0GygmRs:mNFcvh26SAdIv2mMHyPBhiWmQSWpNJI

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8562

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file hlx5-photoplus-se-installer-en.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 20 URLs.

http://e.ccm2.net/en.kioskea.net/download/.../HLX5-PhotoPlus-SE-Installer-EN-3.exe

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113C5346&pOrderLineID=F113C5349&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4180753

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E489EDU2R&pOrderLineID=F489EDU2V&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=6071&DownloadEntitlementID=2049631

http://downloads3.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=cf5b91af-a4ed-46db-bf98-5d6a48ef0de4&dataLocation=US&orderID=E489EP0X9&downloadentitlementid=2085529

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E489ER6R4&pOrderLineID=F489ER6R7&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=6071&DownloadEntitlementID=2097672

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E489E64A5&pOrderLineID=F489E64A8&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=6071&DownloadEntitlementID=2007685

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113CP5VK&pOrderLineID=F113CP5VQ&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4275353

http://downloads2.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=20e8c26a-a994-47ce-89f3-c8a372e8ffd0&dataLocation=UK&orderID=E113C7DXQ&downloadentitlementid=4196884

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113C7DXQ&pOrderLineID=F113C7DXU&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4196884

http://downloads1.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=6f69867d-0683-48f2-b521-744c04158391&dataLocation=US&orderID=E489E8DXK&downloadentitlementid=2020496

http://downloads1.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=a4371ff7-3def-4335-9c09-bc847c20cba9&dataLocation=UK&orderID=E113CPTVP&downloadentitlementid=4278764

http://downloads1.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=acefe1d1-19ea-47d7-be2d-7d950e53796a&dataLocation=UK&orderID=E113CJQKW&downloadentitlementid=4261834

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113CJQKW&pOrderLineID=F113CJQL0&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4261834

http://downloads1.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=0ab94dab-a78b-488a-ba3b-0c40d9370f04&dataLocation=UK&orderID=E113CEVDD&downloadentitlementid=4242112

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E489EPDJ2&pOrderLineID=F489EPDJ5&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=6071&DownloadEntitlementID=2087886

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113D3KXY&pOrderLineID=F113D3KY2&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4354584

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E489E8DXK&pOrderLineID=F489E8DXQ&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=6071&DownloadEntitlementID=2020496

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113CPTVP&pOrderLineID=F113CPTVT&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4278764

https://www.serif.com/FreeDownloads/.../downloadFreeSoftware.aspx?pOrderID=E113CPX80&pOrderLineID=F113CPX83&pID=1429&pOrderInventoryID=14368&DownloadEntitlementID=4279352

http://downloads2.serif.com/download5.php?requestID=de29d185-5381-43aa-87f3-581875e877b2&dataLocation=US&orderID=E489ED0B8&downloadentitlementid=2045222

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