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Max Uninstaller

Ideakee Inc

The application maxuninstaller_setup.exe, “Max Uninstaller Setup ” by Ideakee Inc 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 Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from maxuninstaller.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
http://www.maxuninstaller.com/   (signed by Ideakee Inc)

Product:
Max Uninstaller

Description:
Max Uninstaller Setup

MD5:
8353959e699207ab1dd67e1050d1094d

SHA-1:
ac363d3d07982a9649ceca8e09745e6b76aa257e

SHA-256:
00050a37b0bdea4524f968903e3ad72af4898e32e2b68bd402f767e299c17e39

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.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:45:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.U
14.6.5.9

File size:
4 MB (4,205,712 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\maxuninstaller_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ideakee Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/11/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ideakee Inc, O=Ideakee Inc, STREET="1104# Asphodel Pavilion,Hengxiang Garden 18 LIjiangRoad", L=Guilin, S=Guangxi, PostalCode=541004, C=CN

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

Serial number:
00BFB37ABE3F235073942F877A67382940

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2011 3:16:50 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:PZSJjuAF9OWCvZaVOBwibBES+DhsZNN6DMA9wEPDegb8oir7Z8RjavxbpxgLxDhJ:hSJyOxOt+GuM4LZFo7eyxbpxg9zow

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B0, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 4E, EC, FF, FF, E8, F5, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, AC, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, AC, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9887

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

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

http://maxuninstaller.com/MaxUninstaller_Setup.exe

http://maxuninstaller.com/download-install.php

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