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zipsetup.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 zipsetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 28 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.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1d35616a2764726ad734c65d0fc95eac

SHA-1:
b9772c026d56db6f3e643315dce8b6ae6ce1b28a

SHA-256:
d8ad6a6f837ff0cc085feeb89fc1f9629a2cfd329be1d24ec58186494f6559a7

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/24/2024 6:58:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
856

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.1113
7.11.164.30

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14102

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
1.0.20.1375

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18982

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0275

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
8.14.10.02.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.IK (variant)
8.10157

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
11.2014-02-10_5

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MultiInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13333

McAfee
Artemis!1D35616A2764
5600.6990

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
15.0.0.825

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore.dcjdtb
0.28.2.60990

Norman
FakeNSIS.A
11.20141002

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1750167
14.07.25.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f22
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.I
14.10.2.4

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10325

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBB01GH14
7.2.275

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
31626

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.38336
2.0.0.1911

File size:
652.3 KB (667,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\zipsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 8:59:59 AM

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:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KQFavPHr+DTzLOqClG9aehyjppNvZXD+zZvuqUGU:KQFGPLOSquG9aehopTvxEZvuqUZ

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:
7.8356

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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