miniinstall.exe

Able Search Systems Ltd.

The application miniinstall.exe by Able Search Systems has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software.
Publisher:
Media Labs Ltd  (signed by Able Search Systems Ltd.)

Version:
0.3.0.32

MD5:
51d40737fb1aad765e1d7c8c67c8f357

SHA-1:
17b481c045de2560a56d3ca345353561f0de1cbc

SHA-256:
cb1e9d9744a1e93373c283422913583d58d3c5ce161e3998d00dc4946455b140

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 6:29:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AbleSearchSystems.Installer (M)
16.2.2.0

File size:
329.4 KB (337,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\miniinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/28/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/28/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Able Search Systems Ltd., O=Able Search Systems Ltd., STREET=393 LORDSHIP LANE, L=London, S=London, PostalCode=N176AE, C=GB

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

Serial number:
6AD4D4FDA48A70C61E9C82C8A5783227

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:EEDEb7e05vbhhlAEMxmJGIwnAWLRam1M1Gnic+LMdqjhk+kmgTn1uYZP/:kb7ZbhnQwGVA6RamGZc+4Uhk6gRuYZP/

Entry address:
0xC0FE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 50, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, F8, FF, C7, 87, 9C, 90, 08, 00, 20, 22, 06, F0, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
308 KB (315,392 bytes)

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