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Well Known Media Ltd

The application vmware-player-6.0.4-2237854_inst.exe by Well Known Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 cdn.filehippodownload.com.
Publisher:
Well Known Media Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5fd7a4e059ff32982ff25dc232ee0807

SHA-1:
a25f3d3a7347745654b6912165c47a54b2498f78

SHA-256:
82bf586a59dc667fabe66e3c543cd9d6eab5e4aa1350fa7268cab2b0a08ab672

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:11:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.282
7.11.188.92

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3281

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.GSOM
20178

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.2
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QW potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.djeeax
0.28.6.63474

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WellKnownMedia.EE
14.11.23.23

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
35010

File size:
780.2 KB (798,912 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\vmware-player-6.0.4-2237854_inst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Well Known Media Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/19/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Well Known Media Ltd, O=Well Known Media Ltd, STREET=Kissack Court, STREET=29 Parliament Street, L=Ramsey, S=Isle of Man, PostalCode=IM8 1JA, C=IM

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
73CC925BC7B1EAFC96D9C9F2EAA55030

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Vlvr7hkxuCyeatzNg0hd5WejzlkIRdutRMUXgp:V5/2BatzNv35/pTkCUq

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:
7.8311

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file vmware-player-6.0.4-2237854_inst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.filehippodownload.com/?ic_user_id=456

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