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WinZip Computing LLC

The application winzip19-soft.exe by WinZip Computing has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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 winzip.ar.softonic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
WinZip Computing LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Internet

Description:
WinZip

MD5:
c5a9a9dc1b2f16673ea4282d880a14de

SHA-1:
10b5cbba3fe0d64ba520b369616a8e267623bbac

SHA-256:
049c78049b97a93eb0e341158cd90ab1dadeeffb744cebc7136d6c8d324d6024

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:17:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen4
7.11.209.48

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15211

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TL potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11154

File size:
861.3 KB (881,984 bytes)

Product version:
4.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winzip19-soft.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WinZip Computing LLC

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
2/7/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/9/2015 9:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=WinZip Computing LLC, O=WinZip Computing LLC, S=Connecticut, L=Mansfield, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=3952106, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
07D6D1C205EA8F9307404B7DE7AD6A55

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ULr30a58aPAG7EhUetcco41wFdrwgRqCdU3T1PpDMMN:U/7fPAcEzwFdEgRqCW3T1Pph

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:
7.8635

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file winzip19-soft.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://winzip.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqKNpqChlJk=

http://download.winzip.com/.../winzip19-soft.exe

http://winzip.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=8yS3 KGEYLiw7GKMHzA/trmsvRChbxdrflJq3ZIylWtYBgkfBSGVUfFEc9RcKaBZW0TYDv06/trKymKL uRJPis6c/FFdOs5JI3zoEoVVHEHW/.../fx6DTLTafWtIAcW97z9tAueSb7raGKo4mntzio4INPU86Kc=

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