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installer_ares.exe

Descarga Segura LLC

The application installer_ares.exe by Descarga Segura has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from descargarares.es.
Publisher:
Descarga Segura LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0d2c7720681b8442d70d00142674a756

SHA-1:
dc8fccb841518ce4c7342e7f2640bdd4ed382b38

SHA-256:
4ca5636a48158b30cda301602776dc11e5ed5eee453dd37226f8ad019a401890

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.

Analysis date:
8/7/2025 7:03:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Descarga.Installer (M)
16.7.3.20

File size:
4 MB (4,153,488 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Descarga Segura LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2013 3:09:02 PM

Valid to:
3/30/2014 5:26:34 PM

Subject:
CN=Descarga Segura LLC, O=Descarga Segura LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EC4FE699C0A26

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2013 11:22:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:jOJP+tXRo3VundeN6QTbYU1rU5wOpU6WBLYieVxZiJmdEORJbSM3QMDO6JlNjls8:5eVwskmJab1Hl6x3A3

Entry address:
0x111B1

Entry point:
E8, 6A, 98, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 78, 0D, 43, 00, E8, D9, 54, 00, 00, E8, 49, 43, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, FD, 97, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 35, 77, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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

http://descargarares.es//down.php

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