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steam.exe

Program Application

Advertiso GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application steam.exe, “Program Application Setup ” by Advertiso GmbH has been detected as adware 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.secureddownloaduniversefiles.com.
Publisher:
Prog Generic   (signed by Advertiso GmbH)

Product:
Program Application

Description:
Program Application Setup

MD5:
abcc232afd37ce9321a435edf005a2ea

SHA-1:
5b8b39ec3a86316ce71bdc927980c433c31cc3e4

SHA-256:
1273b8111ddb746e61798ac05f56a6cf3b837f6366f47b4cb55da8f075a82435

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/27/2024 9:14:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Advertiso.Installer (M)
15.11.19.13

File size:
848.7 KB (869,096 bytes)

Product version:
2.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\steam.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advertiso GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/3/2015 4:41:20 AM

Valid to:
7/3/2016 4:41:20 AM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GmbH, O=Advertiso GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

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

Serial number:
112145B1598E0D8F6BCFDCEFC9C4FDBDE029

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ycUvCMKpYhiwXIrLrhYHejm6rAlDW5Xez8NTy1:yH6MKpYcFahlDWQ8g

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:
7.9186

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.secureddownloaduniversefiles.com/c?x=wlFHTk8LXmoRqBj UuFppkmb8MyKnowLLzjYCMBelBE=&c=0s5M4soSWv4QSzqGIDUXgiBrzBHi48ImtgzaldNkk5AM/qYkOmQf5RVhE112MxdE9CZJx3sjJs3/fbc3E62EVkiXjRzzXKGnnkhzg5pu1IFt900MT4gbmY3hRqNNNqs34MglSB8pCpM8p0Viz8PbdTCHWvYetamOrvQN5lUAFJA=&downloadAs=steam.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../SteamInstall.msi

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