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photoscape-3-6-5-es-en-br-fr-de-it-cn-jp-ar-ru-no-tr-cat-win-setup.exe

The application photoscape-3-6-5-es-en-br-fr-de-it-cn-jp-ar-ru-no-tr-cat-win-setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 dw8.uptodown.com.
MD5:
ccd379e9eb9eb6273b962fde3a0da3e4

SHA-1:
a4b942b8a737a0e2b2c38636aefa092ffc02640a

SHA-256:
bc989980fe572b4d003fc4acb02cba0375a2d742c68313c31f5cd66f3c407424

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/26/2024 10:18:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/InstallCore.AI.41
7.11.107.160

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17109

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.016

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.DK (variant)
10.8917

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R4.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Installcore
v2016.01.16.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.13

Sophos
Mal/EncPk-ABF
4.93

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
22398

File size:
590.6 KB (604,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\photoscape-3-6-5-es-en-br-fr-de-it-cn-jp-ar-ru-no-tr-cat-win-setup.exe

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):
12288:AAyMJfsGQJN3LSNhWX85/mJFsxRjzYrxDZGpz6Anlox2T//qCjQfi8A:AAyMJfszJN+DW0j4+zNLq4Q1A

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file photoscape-3-6-5-es-en-br-fr-de-it-cn-jp-ar-ru-no-tr-cat-win-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dw8.uptodown.com/dm/1381085923/.../photoscape-3-6-5-es-en-br-fr-de-it-cn-jp-ar-ru-no-tr-cat-win-setup.exe

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