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skypesetup.exe

Generic App

Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application skypesetup.exe, “Generic App Setup ” by Top Balance (New Media Holdings) has been detected as adware by 14 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:
Installer Application   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Generic App

Description:
Generic App Setup

Version:
1.1.3.6

MD5:
f95ca815370c03b93ad0be07ee79c710

SHA-1:
8b7b1b5e6d72a84500144134edeae7aec5bab5cb

SHA-256:
114f8f28e4045403f3cc338580745f0dd3c22176013e677c5b845d6692dbbd64

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 8:39:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2015.04.21

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.480
7.11.217.176

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-150421

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3133

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DJL
21841

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.152
9.0.1.0111

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.XX potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11605

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_javaruntimeenvironmentsetup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.22.12

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.203.15861

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dqvwrd
0.30.24.1357

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NewMedia.Installer
15.4.21.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
39486

File size:
759.4 KB (777,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\uir62sh2\skypesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 8:54:46 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 8:54:46 AM

Subject:
CN=Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112195E753935A102CF246567B961877F414

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):
12288:S37Go45TpApNOQKOIdUDE1/jIBDzg5bSaWzEjrLWgYzUUHGYydcyAN1wYSTWqUV2:S37pMbQKZ1L6CM4agYXHGTdcr1wYSTRR

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:
7.8828

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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