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prepreinstaller_win.exe

The application prepreinstaller_win.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d172h6aeftm6ez.cloudfront.net.
MD5:
fd203f7278433c6ff81e002ff1b311e7

SHA-1:
7458fc142f4af377e11d91ca642ad729ae45f34e

SHA-256:
38f69175dd11dfa4c46daa8791bf2818a7efda43324e88857d21c75e958791de

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/1/2024 12:10:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Generic.AT
16.3.22.7

File size:
235 KB (240,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\prepreinstaller_win.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2016 11:08:06 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:WpI7M3YoQcmAGF2x04WUC+GdwHxJuN5Y8tcXGUFyt/NGElH:q0MIoQcqs4UC+GdSc5YOcXGVtkElH

Entry address:
0x10A4C

Entry point:
E8, 4D, 28, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, A8, 91, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, 90, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 48, 0D, 42, 00, 89, 0D, 44, 0D, 42, 00, 89, 15, 40, 0D, 42, 00, 89, 1D, 3C, 0D, 42, 00, 89, 35, 38, 0D, 42, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

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

http://d172h6aeftm6ez.cloudfront.net/prepreinstaller_win.exe

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