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pdfreadersetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pdfreadersetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PDF Reader. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ebe3ceec5f7d5be1584fe4fd2696c354

SHA-1:
a74c58c940bf14e194d7d3c2eebabbd838da3669

SHA-256:
9a3701a83eb0e89f6ef67ff9e62583495de407e891e0a2b506045b928ccb4e47

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:23:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.MB (variant)
8.9622

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.O
14.9.2.17

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
27926

File size:
1.3 MB (1,315,376 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2001 10:24:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:zqQxEUX09IHBigwOqeQaTn1uBssJDh2uxsNif:9EUX09owOqeQaRuBssJG

Entry address:
0x9386

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 90, A2, 40, 00, 68, 06, 95, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, E4, A0, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 1C, DE, 40, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 20, DE, 40, 00, FF, FF, 15, E0, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 18, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 18, A1, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 14, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, A1, E8, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 24, DE, 40, 00, E8, 10, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, B0, C9, 40, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 02, 95, 40, 00, FF, 15, EC, A0...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
33.5 KB (34,304 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PDF Reader

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\PDFReader\Uninstall\__Uninstall_.exe /RSF /Uninstall


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