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The application paltalkmessengersetup.exe, “Web Setup ” 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from free-soft-now.org.
Publisher:
Web

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
3.1.5.8

MD5:
a68cca69ace44120ccc81d2c767fb9c5

SHA-1:
7d057104676f447e20a2ea4c66e6ccc20a2650f8

SHA-256:
39fa6d4670067a5e7cef631b581201ca5b01d6eae96ae487152fc387375508a9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:03:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.19.7

File size:
689.6 KB (706,157 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Swedish (Sweden)

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

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:MesNaqG5ZULVXto825WYm/zbqKE7aiVtur54TeCNVEA96m97:MesNLfLhY5WYyCK4ax49NWAb97

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://free-soft-now.org/?dl=1&pi=AzL4AZCRNTM4NM==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&chnl=ab-b_sa_nosign_chrome_2015_3_25-0&dr=cHaWck1w7KR07KRGUK1lc3Nl m2lcQD0 T1z2dVl2Z7mc3aW7mcmIT1zvm2yIKiWvmREhKVuvmNjhVN5vmNBDz1l QDjhTnmDZ0wvmNpDZ1fNjiyAzMwATCRvm5EIKiWXzi0AzMRAziRAjA=&pd=2323UEN1 Q1GIX2pUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AzawNZC0AZMq

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