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microsoft-photo-story-3.exe

Destiny Dream S.A.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application microsoft-photo-story-3.exe by Destiny Dream S.A has been detected as adware by 6 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.
Publisher:
Destiny Dream S.A.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
348fe9fb1d99e87f1fba5eaec018acb1

SHA-1:
1dbce9fc7d88f94e39d1024af65e0ede16ab7389

SHA-256:
c961ec904a97f27a84615bd8d17ee8dff4ee7aaebac8114e1f12fbf97d700ff6

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:09:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3256

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TS potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DestinyDreamSA.X
14.12.19.4

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35418

File size:
777.4 KB (796,032 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft-photo-story-3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Destiny Dream S.A.

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
8/13/2014 5:08:26 PM

Valid to:
8/13/2015 5:08:26 PM

Subject:
CN=Destiny Dream S.A., O=Destiny Dream S.A., L=Clarens, S=Vaud, C=CH

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B7D7D330F26E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:J4vF9iE7h1ZXo9JnN+tCL04zFg6sPSlx2Fi/:JElhr2nN+UZ66Ky/

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.8556

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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