zipinstall.exe

Program installer

Bimo Media LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application zipinstall.exe, “Program installer Setup ” by Bimo Media 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.whiteapplicationwarehouse.com.
Publisher:
App Generic   (signed by Bimo Media LTD)

Product:
Program installer

Description:
Program installer Setup

MD5:
ce0db4ef45af62297f53884335cb940f

SHA-1:
6f0602daa11ab481dcec3d3dbe852bb26c05ea0f

SHA-256:
78413267aaef4ce82a303aebff96caaece5c1e48bd8bbff2ea4cc1c99e717623

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:
4/27/2024 10:24:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.BimoMedia.Installer (M)
16.1.29.18

File size:
866.2 KB (887,000 bytes)

Product version:
5.2

Copyright:
Internet

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\ie\{random}\zipinstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/12/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bimo Media LTD, OU=IT, O=Bimo Media LTD, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3B03A20C2D45A16972F2337E598DFDB8

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):
12288:oV8G0EuWXo9kY1+cVSt8N1UuGMpTnKpF4DTJ6LcR6UHExCph/gW40Sg0J/q3bxfj:oV85EuEoFkFt8zUu/UEAYvHEhMB8NT

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9169

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

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