» microsoft_office_ar.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details

microsoft_office_ar.exe

Webcellence Ltd.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application microsoft_office_ar.exe by Webcellence 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Webcellence Ltd. (signed and verified)

MD5:

3db7a680248723bbf22daf945f54d6da

SHA-1:

7f6a3f6589e36d5fbfe2f26c77e8fa362cffc4b4

SHA-256:

5b60a8b04fadb2b717e8c262e47613c13e925062ee5d2ae53d6aac1b71cbb947

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 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:

4/19/2024 1:17:53 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore.Webcellence (M)

16.1.10.15

File size:

665.5 KB (681,456 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft_office_ar.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Webcellence Ltd.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/5/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/5/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Webcellence Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Webcellence Ltd., L=Moshav Ora, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

2742F1242826FB7F69B052B7F394DFED

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):

12288:gfyMJfsGWgRKsZprsYnHLih4YxcIx03QgvCbvIJmRpkDiDzhD/jrUS0L/eo:gfyMJfslgRKsZ8ThBpDNcD0lboSAeo

Entry address:

0x98CC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8278

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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