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ipvanish-setup-3.0.6.0.exe

IPVANISH

The application ipvanish-setup-3.0.6.0.exe, “IPVanish Setup ” by IPVANISH 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 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 download.freedownloadmanager.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
IPVANISH   (signed by IPVANISH)

Product:
IPVanish

Description:
IPVanish Setup

MD5:
31fa5823920098fb54bd71bcea4ceca4

SHA-1:
59384299be56509af4ccb8216b66521f56cade76

SHA-256:
8b182ad4528280d9c1b88dc22b84f19e8b45b863b379783e18d851863afd836e

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
8/16/2025 9:49:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.1.11.23

File size:
6.6 MB (6,963,248 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.6.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\ipvanish-setup-3.0.6.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IPVANISH

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/5/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/23/2018 6:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=IPVANISH, O=IPVANISH, L=Winter Park, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0276C73889395C6B99159A0F4E3EF3E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9993

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file ipvanish-setup-3.0.6.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://download.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/.../FREE-3.0.html?ac59bbc

https://www.ipvanish.com/software/.../ipvanish-setup.exe

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