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AnyProtect

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe by AnyProtect has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
AnyProtect  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cedb5f659b0018897b796fca9c44ef3f

SHA-1:
80794480d90b04414940809826c7df33c62a30eb

SHA-256:
f84b245ef09e00bf0ceabf75b56cd7307e31b34c3e5e7674ef1c9fea1616b686

Scanner detections:
11 / 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 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 10:50:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Injected
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.156.20

AVG
Adware InstallCore
2016.0.2962

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0282

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected.F trojan
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of anyprotect setup.exe
2015.10.9.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.installCore.Installer.Meta
15.8.21.6

Sophos
AnyProtect
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.8971
2.0.0.1833

File size:
574.4 KB (588,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AnyProtect

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/8/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/9/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AnyProtect, O=AnyProtect, STREET=30 Lilenblum st., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Tel-Aviv, PostalCode=6513309, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
008047CC3D3878D4B7B7A5A0A69BF18E1F

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ghvpknCjbCaHAck9dPSOdGoofNtZJ1S1:6vSnCjbC68dNofNtg1

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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Entropy:
7.8271

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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