terraria_he.exe

Webcellence Ltd.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application terraria_he.exe by Webcellence has been detected as adware by 21 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from safe.to.download.downloadastro.com.
Publisher:
Webcellence Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2abd14d24d3f352f2d7672e6c1bcfe9a

SHA-1:
d478bfcc3276cda0a2bf62b790cb96cf3849cea7

SHA-256:
d0a0c679f2f31439fc5731a0652b9adf275421ff883ab6829023569a764e083f

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/24/2024 1:15:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.910662
974

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.153.118

AVG
Adware InstallCore.O
2014.0.3955

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.910662
1.0.20.785

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.KAT
18450

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.910662
8.14.06.06.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.910662
11.2014-06-06_6

G Data
Adware.Generic.910662
14.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Backdoor.Hupigon
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
v2014.06.06.07

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.910662
15.0.0.471

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webcellence.L
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14604

SUPERAntiSpyware
10560

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
29800

File size:
665.5 KB (681,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/5/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Webcellence Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Webcellence Ltd., L=Moshav Ora, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
2742F1242826FB7F69B052B7F394DFED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rfyMJfsGWgRKsZprsYnHLih4YxcIx03QgvCbvIJmRpkDiDzhD/jrUS0L/eo:rfyMJfslgRKsZ8ThBpDNcD0lboSAeo

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8271

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

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