telegram_for_desktop.exe

Pigapoc

BULLY UNITY LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application telegram_for_desktop.exe, “Pigapoc Setup ” by BULLY UNITY 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.
Publisher:
BULLY UNITY LTD  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pigapoc

Description:
Pigapoc Setup

MD5:
abf546044592e2b495ffeea10da5a90b

SHA-1:
051402ecbf1169cb4d60698888f6bb99b54b8705

SHA-256:
8965b9c50bd0bb5b02c50fba384040f6bae4f569f85e3513a1215ebf426da77f

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 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:
6/24/2025 1:41:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.16.3

File size:
1.4 MB (1,512,744 bytes)

Product version:
5.4.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/9/2016 5:55:02 PM

Valid to:
8/10/2017 5:55:02 PM

Subject:
CN=BULLY UNITY LTD, O=BULLY UNITY LTD, L=Jerusalem, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
60FCAE84E0126FC8F49EC1AD

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:
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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.9865

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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