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microsoftsecurityessentials-setup.exe

Groovecom

The application microsoftsecurityessentials-setup.exe by Groovecom has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.file-mirror.info.
Publisher:
Groovecom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5605b8a107a4e047ee80b3501f10da77

SHA-1:
272c0cb5625bacf9f8b28f4a976d27b5ae7fb284

SHA-256:
6b879e73a296a06ec1e760d41cf54cbb374f8b955924f7e8005363de7b11585e

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:56:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.I
5675962

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Dldr.Admin.ionb
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Application.Bundler.I
1.0.0.425

avast!
DownloadAdmin-U [Adw]
150602-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3088

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.I
1.0.20.780

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.AGGL
22340

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
5.14.151

G Data
Application.Bundler
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.204.16146

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.I
16.0.0.468

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downware.dlgjls
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Application.Bundler.I
02.06.2015 14:23:46

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Groovecom
15.6.4.23

Sophos
PUA 'Download Admin'
5.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40840

File size:
609.1 KB (623,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoftsecurityessentials-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Groovecom

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/25/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Groovecom, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Groovecom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

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:
0C8ED38817030CF19BE6EE39708627BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 2:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PrdiMybLCUVSG+u46LDu/eoABSafzNsZGwELY:P+bLcG+Ivu9ABrLWZpUY

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file microsoftsecurityessentials-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.file-mirror.info/youdownloaders?id=192

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