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itunes_en.exe

Symbolicom Holdings Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application itunes_en.exe by Symbolicom Holdings has been detected as adware 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

itunes_en.exe

Publisher:

Symbolicom Holdings Ltd (signed and verified)

MD5:

d2b9195f780fdb36ffbc069d1dbaf43f

SHA-1:

bcb7683116fa681e7149900e51f6d103d13f3315

SHA-256:

43a695b0e1e566b5f8e2cbb6c06dcb2b4ddb5002e076c82b316121d99c8fbb7e

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

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.

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:

4/26/2024 7:03:43 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.10.5.0

File size:

697.9 KB (714,624 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\itunes_en.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Symbolicom Holdings Ltd

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/8/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/9/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Symbolicom Holdings Ltd, OU=Symbolicom, O=Symbolicom Holdings Ltd, STREET=Trident Cyprus, STREET=115 Griva Digeni Avenue Trident Centre, STREET=Limassol, L=Limassol, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=3101, C=CY

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00C4B90F930A0BA04B111E671526916207

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:Wvpghu68Okv8a8I2E7DFouu9TSfPoGYdF0nqk203TkyEe2bOFbWRMUJDMy1TXzHC:WvmhuBYjgDjaYGfQH203d/+f2UDTXz

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.8321

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://api.downloadastro.com/api/downloader/.../en?callback=jsonpCallbackDownload&_=1393579622

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