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lnchinst.exe

Simutronics Corporation

The program is a setup application that uses the Wise Installer installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.play.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Simutronics Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8fb483da520b879d70277020514f8280

SHA-1:
8c1d06b7c24dd42091dfa6b14df94fbf02f86fc5

SHA-256:
ed52c7057bec4c884195337418ff41d1bd434b687c77e3ab417c216360e89f33

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
7/5/2025 4:32:46 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
254 KB (260,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Simutronics Corporation

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
9/25/2007 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/15/2008 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Simutronics Corporation, OU=SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, O=Simutronics Corporation, L=Saint Charles, S=Missouri, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
3BC092A6E4491D64B046BC2400FA57EB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 4:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:q4c/yDOSUg5qoM31NRsLhAOF6FUGhcTVn5e3QB:8NSUk89sdAOF6erugB

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9280

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

The file lnchinst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.play.net/.../lnchInst.exe

https://www.play.net/.../lnchInst.exe

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