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ppdfcreatorsetup.exe

Installer

Internet Software Program

The application ppdfcreatorsetup.exe, “Installer Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 20 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 unzip-it.com.
Publisher:
Internet Software Program

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
97f716d7f30ee3e13e11da963b868971

SHA-1:
6f66676659807941ba3f5b8a340ed0e59c4a5304

SHA-256:
d2acaf2e66a93a2f3cdbe3132958dbc46d55ced69e40cb5942f7fac4eba20f01

Scanner detections:
20 / 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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:14:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Badur
7.1.1

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-150418

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3109

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15514

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.563
9.0.1.0134

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ZC potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11543

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
5/14/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.CZ
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of ppdfconvertersetup.exe
2015.7.19.17

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Badur
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Badur
14.0.0.2040

McAfee
RDN/Generic.dx!dqq
5600.6765

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.drfvry
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.05.14.11

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM06.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.InstallCore
15.5.14.19

Sophos
Generic PUA GP
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R021H07DP15
7.2.134

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.Badur.anicr
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
39676

File size:
777.8 KB (796,480 bytes)

Product version:
5.7.4

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JIlqsWFe9kovQz9THtWcUhhtd6/uvbri:J6XWFe9kovGocwtdhjri

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.8814

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://unzip-it.com/p-pdf-creator/ldra/.../?dl=1&pi=Ajg4NzcRNjCdNi==&osos=VdluDrW3cw==&gclid=CKic9d_x_sQCFRJwvAoda3wA5Q&adnm=69568496430&i=s&grid=&lg=en&cc=JP&clg=en&c=1&d=0&cid=_093492882&kw=document converter&mt=&mn=www.herdprotect.com&ct=&nt=D&expr=&ap=none&dv=c&agid=_01514941122&br=ch&gclid=CKic9d_x_sQCFRJwvAoda3wA5Q&chnl=7KatidPy d1lX1NpDdFfAjMRNV8yXzadUTM=&pd=IXxzUKxJ2dFB d5CUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AjCzAj7wAZMq

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