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installer_ares_spanish.exe

The application installer_ares_spanish.exe 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dk.takethesoft.com.
MD5:
1a229525677c713232f2d75ff35cc3f7

SHA-1:
3bc9211d8bf88a9f77e55d53f5686a104f48c6a2

SHA-256:
e153ffb1c5e9b859bd7876201211f45d9521735df0469b82ceacb0105a47b169

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 8:57:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Bundler.Meta (M)
16.6.25.2

File size:
907.7 KB (929,502 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JKAYnbdHjaa8C3RJDQeaJ6dXDOuqX+vgiv:ZYnljDlRJ0v6d1m

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5059

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dk.takethesoft.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?ik=tig&ua=chrome&ut=43782577b77f7b314b4e1b3af13d8455&p=U0VP&loop=1&r=4452095&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwMjExMDAyMTIwMDIxMy9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwLzEvc2VvL3NwYW5pc2gvc2VvL2Nocm9tZS9hcmVzL2QvNzgyMTk4MDI3ZmM1MDk0YzQ3OWQzZWY5YTQzYjIyYjUvdGlnL25hL25hL2luc3RhbGxlcl9hcmVzX1NwYW5pc2guZXhl&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC8xL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L3RpZy9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&aa=lp/1/seo//&IH=72&MC=54&IC=69&DI=38&LG=67&EF=50&IN=68&HK=2&NL=99&BG=54&s=25117629304641508589954691151113725498428983033891796255371593965404246144448837016732370439725366791405859732533207544587460096676716202285539960614173910920688269990119763769821338620722781517516628605971963097860933111273034707567155241651437520842079372853519324959124268911095292230525877719214227743535635265588631

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