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Volonet Ltd

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 Volonet 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.
Publisher:
Volonet Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
87cda760fa7c59e1e34ca911036332e4

SHA-1:
ba6194e41435517cbaf01e310d9b93826695497f

SHA-256:
f7119f1adce64e08df6274d82f354ed8ee3563847b17825bb5b9c50b424503ab

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:
5/9/2024 1:28:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.12.8

File size:
1.1 MB (1,106,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volonet Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/10/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/25/2013 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volonet Ltd, O=Volonet Ltd, STREET=hazfira 19, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=67778, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D9EB879A7F4ADB713BB56F5D9EA449DA

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCD5A0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 8C, 97, 41, 00, E8, 96, CB, FF, FF, 68, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 64, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 60, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 5C, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 58, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, C4, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 54, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 50, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 4C, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, DC, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, D8, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, D4, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 48, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 44, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
837.5 KB (857,600 bytes)

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