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savingsplugin.exe

Download and Install Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application savingsplugin.exe by Download and Install 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Download and Install Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d6465271058d11591fe6eff1b1a50f8d

SHA-1:
bbe19ccf181bd4c95c17be54fe5e51c0f7731d05

SHA-256:
7c9acd9b245c1c93213d20841416ec3cd71dd12f5b0997cde3bf0fafb3b4deca

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 '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:
4/20/2024 1:22:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DownloadandInstall (M)
16.2.5.10

File size:
927.6 KB (949,832 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\savingsplugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download and Install Ltd

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/22/2012 2:33:56 AM

Valid to:
9/14/2014 11:31:22 AM

Subject:
CN=Download and Install Ltd, O=Download and Install Ltd, L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
082658FA2A383E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/7/2011 9:34:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.56

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:g4Zv4CLKKfaBd3LV6gFa0PPh8X0EwfE/2PJqT86W:hjLKKfY82a03h8X0tdJqof

Entry address:
0x3E3B

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 58, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, E8, D0, 54, 00, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3B, 58, 00, 00, 51, A3, 04, 08, 43, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3F, 32, 00, 00, A3, B4, 08, 43, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 52, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 4C, B2, 40, 00, E8, 65, 57, 00, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 4D, B2, 40, 00, C7, 04, 24, E4, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9797  (probably packed)

Code size:
34 KB (34,816 bytes)

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