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photoscape.exe

IronPremium

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application photoscape.exe by IronPremium has been detected as adware by 5 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.
Publisher:
IronPremium  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b46ca930d4d706b22906af0d8f9e760f

SHA-1:
aecafcce0cad131980646820e54f91956ca28f2a

SHA-256:
6f09e8cc326fad3ca181307a430bf6a4c3f4c63475145d5c3578b99c9db4478a

Scanner detections:
5 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 8:17:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Adware InstallCore.WK
2015.0.4477

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.32769
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Kryptik.BWJC trojan
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.IronPremium (M)
16.2.12.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
46938

File size:
583.4 KB (597,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IronPremium

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/28/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/28/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=IronPremium, O=IronPremium, STREET=Rothschild Bv. 63, L=Tel-Aviv, S=N/A, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00E93CFA28DB661F8108C7366164A2F059

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:fkyMJfsGfdF/XR0M2cR3dydbVC872B7ej6U2Cn9NcmFlPWuK:syMJfsq/vR0MF3dipuevn9NpF5WuK

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)

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