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mipony-installer.exe

SoftInstall

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application mipony-installer.exe by SoftInstall has been detected as adware by 7 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from mega.nz and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SoftInstall  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5cd133f5694d24788a1c631701658637

SHA-1:
d45d50a36eb003e752842e5e50b72f56506e395a

SHA-256:
aeeffbbf7da49e3c87e4e2a065808eac918d0506ed05ee6c9ceb1dba9d7d7cc6

Scanner detections:
7 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 8:53:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3467

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25266
9.0.1.0142

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OL (variant)
8.9825

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
5/22/2014

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftInstall.Q
14.6.12.9

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29424

File size:
622.8 KB (637,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mipony-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SoftInstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/28/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SoftInstall, O=SoftInstall, STREET=2/8 Lenelblome St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
5AF66A3F1444C79E1F9C72BAEE368786

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:K8vpYu55OFXqa0uiPAGBCbXM/weXTxg3PWTUMSZ3VbAHP43Oz8cUR6zBx+YDrZ:K8viuIXB0BCg/ZTi3PWaPbO43Oz66lQQ

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:
7.7608

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file mipony-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

https://mega.nz/temporary/.../hU41xKzS

https://mega.co.nz/temporary/.../npoX0YyQ

https://mega.nz/persistent/.../hU41xKzS

http://download.mipony.net/.../Mipony-Installer.exe

http://www.mipony.net/.../Mipony-Installer.exe

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