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notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe

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The application notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe by Safe Downloads has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer.
Publisher:
Safe Downloads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
12b1c8a81690479448f4b159c65211c2

SHA-1:
c7dbbc0f3a64927bfd108e47a1a924f8336271c7

SHA-256:
7e73bf3a2dd765a516bbb5015901edd0154da6c5be2ef5a4bff9fdd7b193d04b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/13/2025 5:17:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.19.8

File size:
786.7 KB (805,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Downloads

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/11/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Downloads, O=Safe Downloads, STREET=2911 State Street, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

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

Serial number:
7F513316C38621855C3DC287AE382022

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tIvV2aMaEAKFNm7MVHJmOZ8/79aD3X7XAT5DvRPb:tUVDNKP0MZi9W3X7wT5Zb

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:
7.8420

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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