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sticky-notes.exe

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META., JSC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application sticky-notes.exe, “Web Setup ” by META., JSC has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 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:
META., JSC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

MD5:
8af3e087b64467c84afe09b325646452

SHA-1:
14b27f992a8dbed7d7ce019820c2053bd9cefbae

SHA-256:
a1fe794f4b4d6cb6519ff43fb2448fd807b905a450060c56c9147ad389e82331

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 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:
4/24/2024 10:57:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2015.01.05

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.928
7.11.199.126

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DSQ
21309

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UR potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fpc_setup.exe (PUP)
2015.6.12.14

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1814525

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.03.05.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.METAJSC
15.3.5.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
674.5 KB (690,656 bytes)

Product version:
2.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sticky-notes.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
META., JSC

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
10/20/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="META., JSC", OU=IT, O="META., JSC", L=Hanoi, S=Hanoi, C=VN

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
60A12ECF13AF336B40EF5E6E0165B355

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DX0pOf/yd/t/xcbjPoWMt00y5iFhNsBRyziNMMNh8tYchJEDNiqoz:DX08f/+tOvgWMO0pFhNwyOODjJEo

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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Entropy:
7.8951

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file sticky-notes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.vndownloadfiles.com/?ic_user_id=891

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