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winrar-64-bit_setup.exe

Soft Web

Advertiso GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application winrar-64-bit_setup.exe, “Soft Web Setup ” by Advertiso GmbH has been detected as adware by 12 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by Advertiso GmbH)

Product:
Soft Web

Description:
Soft Web Setup

MD5:
a96a7bfb3250eae93fa70f34bb087715

SHA-1:
3592879a69b3c7b47cf237e83904009aa7c27d83

SHA-256:
d407d7810447db8db29d60b3219e4e0f1e40fcf3ed23e093545e98254697934b

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
5/8/2024 10:37:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.444
7.11.217.28

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3171

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15620

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.53
9.0.1.073

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.XA potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11318

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
6/20/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of grand-theft-auto-5_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.20.10

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15259

McAfee
Artemis!41169E1DC14D
5600.6729

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.djeeag
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.AdvertisoGmbH
15.3.14.6

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
38410

File size:
707.6 KB (724,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

Copyright:
Internet application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\2jawl1xh\winrar-64-bit_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advertiso GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/17/2015 8:15:45 AM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 8:15:45 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:
112174199E19DC47E8626A3FC3B34B556C25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8ImahC8qFzx56ahMfaQlkHuXdgKP9MAzGiORjaoFTPYcBoyWZ/0BnrXm0ci2HOxe:8ImwC80V4EMfaQyOthMAzmFa4gc+yWZR

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:
7.8526

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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