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mcafee internet security 2014 - bitlordinstaller.exe

House of Life

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application mcafee internet security 2014 - bitlordinstaller.exe by House of Life 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from link.torrentreactor.net.
Publisher:
House of Life  (signed and verified)

MD5:
17af525fbceb0172a810e25205ecebe1

SHA-1:
786c2eecb56444cc1e6281a9f9462c59c1ec061f

SHA-256:
dd89aa2d16c5afe0ef12fd72fdad7e732b9e2bfec0c771baeb37d10f6aca58a5

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:43:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.HouseofL (M)
16.6.9.8

File size:
630.2 KB (645,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mcafee internet security 2014 - bitlordinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
House of Life

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=House of Life, OU=IT, O=House of Life, STREET=Olnes, L=Sogndal, S=Sogn Og Fjordane, PostalCode=6856, C=NO

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

Serial number:
00CCBF966B40EC386CE6666D5251C3C419

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 4:03:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9DpoebeexoMe00iy0ckUntZ1R8lNVQVp0IazPkkkuUZcJMzAiINvrlbXXubjLM98:Neeztvy0ckYiVPkkkugEXtXuV2Q

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
6.8448

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file mcafee internet security 2014 - bitlordinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://link.torrentreactor.net/go.php?l=96&s=1&name=McAfee Internet Security 2014&magnet=magnet:?xt=urn:btih:d474396c371c4bbf7aad2c977e5cb6e71d313c34&dn=McAfee Internet Security 2014&xl=81450589&dl=81450589&tr=udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce&tr=udp://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce&tr=udp://tracker.istole.it:80/announce&tr=udp://.../announce

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