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Setup.exe

Best Connector (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 file Setup.exe by Best Connector (Fried Cookie) 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 setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Best Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8dd242eae84d08413b4e1d91a3ccc3e0

SHA-1:
74ccc7e0f8dc30ea5d1a5fd89af24f594417e452

SHA-256:
58a8e9e4c186da6b92657b4d0545bfbdfc6d4f47e65363dfefe41a9488276d65

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/15/2024 4:53:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.FC (M)
17.3.7.15

File size:
1.3 MB (1,336,248 bytes)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Best Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/6/2015 10:56:05 AM

Valid to:
2/7/2016 10:56:05 AM

Subject:
CN=Best Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Best Connector (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11210EC5AD16203DFC8FC6DA233772C5D0C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x184CF0

Entry point:
80, 7C, 24, 08, 01, 0F, 85, E2, 01, 00, 00, 60, BE, 00, 00, 44, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, FC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0D, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.7228

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 - v1.22, 0x

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,331,200 bytes)

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