microsoft-office-2007.exe

FITDownloader

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application microsoft-office-2007.exe by FITDownloader has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from d13dhn7ldhrcf6.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FITDownloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f5c1c73f550ceeb4acd7d7516d88b831

SHA-1:
207ec95bfcaca28b89aabb16b8fc072e069aa26b

SHA-256:
f6bc0fe600f2b98ebd103131923d579e44ef3df88c8fb3263d63dbebdc88386e

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:16:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3341

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.464
9.0.1.0267

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OX potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13504

Malwarebytes
v2014.09.24.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FITDownloader.V
14.9.24.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32938

File size:
735.1 KB (752,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-office-2007.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/27/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FITDownloader, O=FITDownloader, STREET=28 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
5E0816C139E8D20E76830D3D9638C4FE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C/FaFwT5sb3uoxqai72L0M5dyGhaesP6fa0C83/pRDJBd/dvgBh3y9rkK:C/FQ4sLpd0M7yGELSa0vfDtdvgB+rkK

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8866

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file microsoft-office-2007.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

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