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pdfcreatorsetup.exe

Delivery X Apps

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pdfcreatorsetup.exe by Delivery X Apps has been detected as adware by 6 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 www.freepdf-converter.org.
Publisher:
Delivery X Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8695439f98d965cf6a9616f2d4d5d0b6

SHA-1:
7f98f250fd4e8e213e5b5ccd617ab73216cd41bc

SHA-256:
1e9136bc2b69968fb0053ef4495997eaab49f6b9f1bc737257d1ea3bdee238a1

Scanner detections:
6 / 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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 11:27:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.241
7.11.182.198

AVG
Potentially harmful program Toolbar.MySearchDial
2014.0.4189

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QF (variant)
8.10659

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DeliveryXApps.P
14.11.2.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
34232

File size:
794 KB (813,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Delivery X Apps

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Delivery X Apps, O=Delivery X Apps, STREET=Lilienblum 28, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=65113, C=IL

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

Serial number:
60518442F2B7C03A25A392B296DC84F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:pJoRS/F2OtwN+KH/b2jTZ+wucXyReIrP:pKM/F0TsTZ+DcXyR7

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.freepdf-converter.org/pdf-creator/gb/.../?dl=1

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