iszoneinstall_66_156.exe

ISZone

gaia media group Co., Ltd.

The application iszoneinstall_66_156.exe, “ISZone Setup ” by gaia media group Co. 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.
Publisher:
Gaia Media Group   (signed by gaia media group Co., Ltd.)

Product:
ISZone

Description:
ISZone Setup

Version:
1.0

MD5:
9af05db3153d388b47ac3670c508193f

SHA-1:
cc90ee2bd88f5f9811986103e0083386b6622f5b

SHA-256:
42b88a5202ab560732d847d99358f15deb53bb61b91746488148b59923fd9d9e

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:
1/13/2026 5:28:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.IM (L)
17.2.3.6

File size:
2.8 MB (2,905,552 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\microsoft\windows\templates\iszoneinstall_66_156.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/23/2016 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/23/2017 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="gaia media group Co., Ltd.", O="gaia media group Co., Ltd.", L=Gangseo-gu, S=Seoul, C=KR

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

Serial number:
651F1DA2E8A3D393B027E058D6CD880B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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