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 setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.multinstaller.com.
Publisher:
Media Labs Ltd  (signed by Able Search Systems Ltd.)

Version:
0.3.0.31

MD5:
4bf2f5c7b482ff2bfe68bebe0723b988

SHA-1:
f42466578b643f4372c72b41838b4f316aedba67

SHA-256:
72f625a3118155ec3102adf7cc1ff288789c58d2a6258da5a9a45cae27e0f81f

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:
4/18/2024 5:02:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.7.17

File size:
330 KB (337,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Russian (Russia)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

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

Valid to:
2/28/2013 1:59:59 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

Entry address:
0xC0080

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 47, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, F8, FF, C7, 87, 9C, 90, 08, 00, AC, CC, 24, AE, 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)

The file miniinstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install.multinstaller.com/.../?wmid=wbsm_3459.0_sftport&url=aHR0cDovL3VnYWRhaS1tZWxvZGl5dS5ydS9za2FjaGF0L1VnYWRhaV9NZWxvZGl5dV9SVVMuSmF2YS5leGU=

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