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Installer Generic Software

C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd

The application skype.exe, “Installer Generic Software Setup ” by C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments 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. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd)

Product:
Installer Generic Software

Description:
Installer Generic Software Setup

MD5:
1c7114c41548ffebdeb5b1db5933a5c7

SHA-1:
002e855f63477d64610a0f42c86270e0d1e2e651

SHA-256:
e1fc2876acb5adf2b5c0b8b30b980abb44ece6484e8796cb98598aef66a279b9

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:
4/29/2024 5:54:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
17.2.19.0

File size:
1007.7 KB (1,031,912 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

Copyright:
Web Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/11/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd, O=C.M.A.A.G Proactive And Investments Ltd, L=TEL AVIV-JAFFA, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7E260F4020B1070FDEF564FBB8360B6C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9213

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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