installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe

Free Software LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe by Free Software has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from clkmon.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Free Software LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
264b23d74986bf978a8134892476cea3

SHA-1:
f09b1ea0084184ae5c80d49e08c64369b49a2f18

SHA-256:
e459122c53902e2ca62e6536c381a9d0cb3588c55f74e038102684c8e7c3814b

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
4/19/2024 6:34:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3273

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FreeSoftware.e
14.12.1.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Vittalia Installer
35318

File size:
793.5 KB (812,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
8/1/2014 6:08:01 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 7:23:49 PM

Subject:
CN=Free Software LLC, O=Free Software LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27DD6AADCC34E6

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5KFTIENy3+ZSijrkfj0NF3I1zG8gnqZuDUYp799Sp:5YUrijrkfjOF41hgq4UYD8

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:
7.8869

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file installer_adobe_flash_player_english.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 32 URLs.

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=GIANPOP&pid=&q=OMG!!! See What Happens When You Mix Coke and Milk. Play The Video to Find Out!!

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=11021-200217305423000000&pid=11021&q=Watch,Rizzoli,&,Isles,Online,Streaming,stream tv, stream tv online, tv streaming

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=SUPER-CRSRDR-200093401313000000&pid=11021&q=Solicitud de Turno

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=11021-500184405623000000&pid=11021&q=TVsubtitles.net - Subtitles "Once Upon A Time" season 4

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=SUPER-CRSRDR-500082018422000000&pid=11021&q=Grepolis - jocul ?n browser care se petrece ?n antichitate. Construiti orase min

http://clkmon.com/.../sa?cid=SUPER-CRSRDR-200179804419000000&pid=11021&q=Recette, pomme de terre, cuisine az, recette de cuisine, recette pomme de terre,

Latest 30 of 32 download URLs

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