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SpotOnTheMouse

Markus Welz

The application setup_spotonthemouse.exe, “SpotOnTheMouse Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Markus Welz

Product:
SpotOnTheMouse

Description:
SpotOnTheMouse Setup

MD5:
4f4d108c1a6d73ac96d5a7625a3aa000

SHA-1:
c1dcc79751eba759a7f1c6b77e87e818603451cc

SHA-256:
4b9c069b559162b3f7da340146aa37b84aa7700718f2a139dcc02631d218ba62

Scanner detections:
1 / 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.

Analysis date:
5/30/2024 9:20:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RE11 (M)
16.12.9.7

File size:
985.9 KB (1,009,565 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.11

Copyright:
Copyright by Markus Welz

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:5napvsrZP5T1lUYgkfTuM4GO8pmrd3PZ86H53uWaTDam:5aFsrV5T8KuMK8ctqc53u9TDam

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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9807

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup_spotonthemouse.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.markuswelz.de/.../spot_on_the_mouse_large.zip

http://www.markuswelz.de/.../Setup_SpotOnTheMouse.exe

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