mad caps.exe

Application

Exent Technologies Ltd.

The application mad caps.exe, “Application Setup ” by Exent Technologies has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. 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:
Software application   (signed by Exent Technologies Ltd.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
c700704dca445febc39283474b65529c

SHA-1:
fc05022e6a191e5c89471a0cbfe43d3dfeee2e6b

SHA-256:
f2ffacae740ff4bbb338d9fde55f186e7431ef718ec3165d337990dfb1d99a5e

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:48:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3076

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.GameVance.155
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.EG
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.205.16253

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
707.4 KB (724,424 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Exent Technologies Ltd., OU=IT, O=Exent Technologies Ltd., L=Petach Tikva, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
4682D777E39325BE9FB51EB2E27D5E37

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2dOGNqwz0jyjtu5VES/7XV8zU5qdOLAHeZAWuzPEzYyU1WSHGre9j:2dO0LoMiz/7lzId1IgzPlGq9j

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:
7.8744

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-243-153-163.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.243.153.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-213-173-59.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.213.173.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-189-255.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.189.255:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-23-21-63-169.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (23.21.63.169:80)

TCP (HTTP):

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