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sharedscanner_installer.exe

sharedscanner_installer

WebSys, s.r.o.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application sharedscanner_installer.exe, “sharedscanner_installer Setup” by WebSys, s.r.o 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from aka-files.inst.avg.com.

File name:

Publisher:

windows7download.com (signed by WebSys, s.r.o.)

Product:

sharedscanner_installer

Description:

sharedscanner_installer Setup

Version:

1,18,0,3287

MD5:

9818810d40ae6ee39f49f62421a69c17

SHA-1:

e9319225142e2d96036101ba9f2db31e40e07d3d

SHA-256:

a11a230d1f9bd1c6aaaaa76131a19de9e1b8929e23b36ba1ad6873fb310987fc

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore monetization platform to install additional offers that might include adware.

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:

4/26/2024 4:40:19 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WebSyssro.X

14.4.4.10

File size:

416.1 KB (426,088 bytes)

Product version:

1,18,0,3287

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\john\sharedscanner_installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

WebSys, s.r.o.

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/20/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/21/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="WebSys, s.r.o.", O="WebSys, s.r.o.", STREET=Namestie sv. Martina 9, L=Holíč, S=SK, PostalCode=908 51, C=SK

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00DD73B25D7DEDED24BD3E70AEEA691C96

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/12/2013 6:55:13 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

7.10

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:3+0lscVC2dgU0rIvtDJ/nDsoGcO1WK/Hvr68:3+0PcprIv7/D8xr68

Entry address:

0x1000

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 1C, 04, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, BE, C0, 30, 40, 00, 8D, BD, E4, FB, FF, FF, A5, A5, A5, 6A, 7E, 66, A5, 59, 33, C0, 8D, BD, F2, FB, FF, FF, F3, AB, 66, AB, BB, 04, 01, 00, 00, 53, 8D, 85, E4, FB, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 66, 83, A5, EC, FD, FF, FF, 00, 33, C0, B9, 81, 00, 00, 00, 8D, BD, EE, FD, FF, FF, F3, AB, 66, AB, 8D, 85, EC, FD, FF, FF, 50, 8D, 85, E4, FB, FF, FF, 50, C7, 45, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, E8, 3A, 01, 00, 00, 84, C0, 59, 59, 74, 15, 8D, 75, F8, 8D, BD, EC, FD, FF, FF... 
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Entropy:

7.9330

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

The file sharedscanner_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://aka-files.inst.avg.com/dl/patched/2013/05/09/.../sharedscanner_installer.exe

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