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Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program FLV Player. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e46256e7120f2cdf91df0332cebfb3fe

SHA-1:
4b480685afcf19ca743c5643abc9a535841c2452

SHA-256:
b1ca175d045682195b579c9e967ec467a899ae564da7fa3e35ef082cf285161e

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 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:
4/25/2024 11:16:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Nedsym.A.31
7.11.156.154

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.10.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(1).exe (Adware)
2014.10.24.20

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MultiInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.F
14.8.13.7

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
29708

File size:
1.3 MB (1,315,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:inv+HnZcnAcpkqiTXXzCnHnOntkYlDybG/RuPg1:ivsnunA3fHzCnHnOnn+iuY

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
FLV Player

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\FLVPlayer\Uninstall\__Uninstall_.exe /RSF /Uninstall


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