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zipopenersetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application zipopenersetup.exe by Fried Cookie 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ziputil.net.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bb01edee301af55c1f8564aab465b289

SHA-1:
a040547f4f25b64a16320bae65b2b272828e9baf

SHA-256:
27ac1e61d5fa5251bf9a3a7fd50b937d02591cc397e0716076b44b9b2a8935db

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 11:48:44 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.160.72

AVG
Adware InstallCore
2016.0.3179

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26328
9.0.1.065

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.LQ potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/Skintrim.1!Generic
v6.4.6.5.141

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_zipopenersetup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.12.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MultiInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore.cxkwlc
0.28.0.60698

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.ironSource
15.3.6.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
31208

File size:
670.4 KB (686,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\domain names\whoisology\zipopenersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/2/2001 4:24:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4R4s28ijBGlWwtyrfFOmNnOZb61XeLLLS3cPT5WPyyR60UH1kt5nUj7xk52Sk21P:Xs28ijBGlW5ZOmFOZb6ILLuSJ6qvc+

Entry address:
0x9386

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 90, A2, 40, 00, 68, 06, 95, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, E4, A0, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 1C, DE, 40, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 20, DE, 40, 00, FF, FF, 15, E0, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 18, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 18, A1, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, 14, DE, 40, 00, 89, 08, A1, E8, A0, 40, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 24, DE, 40, 00, E8, 10, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, B0, C9, 40, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 02, 95, 40, 00, FF, 15, EC, A0...
 
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Entropy:
7.8529

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
33.5 KB (34,304 bytes)

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

http://www.ziputil.net/default/gb/.../?dl=1

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