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WEBCELLENCE LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application picasa.exe, “Generic App Installer Setup ” by WEBCELLENCE has been detected as adware 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.makemybrowser.com.
Publisher:
%PROD_NAME%  (signed by WEBCELLENCE LTD)

Product:
%PROD_NAME%

Description:
Generic App Installer Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34309

MD5:
ab14a4bd500c7b148ff8da62e4ee56ed

SHA-1:
af074a231e10efc362afdf51e1a55e7ca4ff9fc2

SHA-256:
313bc552b25243026945b5d9c513e1fb32d02dcd3b297cddf142fdd15ed685d4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/28/2024 9:27:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.22.23

File size:
753.8 KB (771,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34309

Copyright:
%PROD_NAME%

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WEBCELLENCE LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/21/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WEBCELLENCE LTD, O=WEBCELLENCE LTD, STREET=Nurit, L=Ora, S=Israel, PostalCode=90880, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00BE07C5030900E79AAB032F01B13AC0FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8bvpSRFyWPfRNVbIQy2TSebzT+6L45/L12A7BwsCEc+EsHGlo3flbVxQeNSr:8bv8yWHRNVbIy5zTv4f7HHGa3fl5NU

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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Entropy:
7.8280

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.makemybrowser.com/?ic_user_id=842

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