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im_magician_1.exe

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Apponic

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application im_magician_1.exe, “Web Setup ” by Apponic has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.apponicfiles.com.
Publisher:
Generic   (signed by Apponic)

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

MD5:
31dec2bf60548690e497ba1947522ea7

SHA-1:
9d6dd730e59874fa43b610d23e73e49d3824fc88

SHA-256:
c2918b3d2bdff7cb81b73939aee135d4029a961302d78c7aa320b0e6b593d916

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:05:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.27.3

File size:
732.4 KB (750,000 bytes)

Product version:
5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\im_magician_1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apponic

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/14/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/15/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Apponic, OU=IT, O=Apponic, L=Shanghai, S=Shanghai, C=CN

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

Serial number:
67DDF7235C960EAA54E2CFA8F79EC5F7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HcKpK9mq1Ofodyvj/O8HN/ucOyWaTjHswCzvB3fZyl7jcEbPFqK:HcKAmmOAdyr/nt2cNTjHivB3x2jcE5

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.8871

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file im_magician_1.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.apponicfiles.com/c?x=tZYYCAHCuWq5DAOG9/MHWVAT1329sLYoPypNtXmaAu0=&c=ShaSAQEx67v7YfnVh0GPGEy5pIcQ6lf42urFjki xssTN51T287P6PMn8Atxr8c3pnBS9QrRnApiN9nXM2LQ0oQqwo3BroW VniwYb4cgJTLOdAdQF1mdBcE49ONziF0&fallback_url=http://www.apponic.com/phome/_download/.../&downloadAs=IM_Magician_1.0.0.176_Downloader.exe

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