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smileboxinstaller.exe

Installer

Preclick Corporation

The application smileboxinstaller.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Preclick has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 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:
Preclick Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
5f87c4fe26c842ed04a926ff4d8b61ae

SHA-1:
fe5e11c73d8d6dc92510afb0dc9a42d870787252

SHA-256:
d98fa1aa9bfb85a5fdd9bef075cae539b7f02a1779fc146f6950cc7fe2f79faa

Scanner detections:
8 / 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.

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:
7/3/2025 6:16:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen4
7.11.204.126

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1573

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.KRD
20805

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.SX (variant)
9.11057

McAfee
Artemis!5F87C4FE26C8
5600.6716

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.7.3.11

Sophos
Generic PUA PO
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0108
7.2.184

File size:
833.4 KB (853,408 bytes)

Product version:
2.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Preclick Corporation

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/12/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/13/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Preclick Corporation, O=Preclick Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3358412EDAFBA259C5E3803DF41A3039

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:EJvzkLU1mde/kFpJuDc5KKBPi7/6VczOE:EJnmrNuw8KB67/+cyE

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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