» adobe_flash_setup.exe
Overview
Analysis
File Details
Downloads (1)

adobe_flash_setup.exe

Application Software Program

OOO Next Stars Group

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application adobe_flash_setup.exe, “Application Software Program Setup ” by OOO Next Stars Group 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 update.freecheckupdates.net.

File name:

Publisher:

Software Generic (signed by OOO Next Stars Group)

Product:

Application Software Program

Description:

Application Software Program Setup

MD5:

c07d06024775ee6cd6cefb0f73720199

SHA-1:

279d76d134d2af6c65b892a4ebee3b4056f2268b

SHA-256:

5d172f3712be5fe8586af0fb557cef2744b28f475342e5f828f373b4dfd2b7bc

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:

5/10/2024 6:34:23 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore.OOONextS.Installer (M)

16.6.3.10

File size:

807.4 KB (826,776 bytes)

Product version:

4.1.4

Internet

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

OOO Next Stars Group

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

1/19/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/20/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=OOO Next Stars Group, OU=OOO Next Stars Group - Development, O=OOO Next Stars Group, STREET=SPIRIDONOVKA 17 STR.11, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=123001, C=RU

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

69D3B792A60A05CF691C3D5B51AE05EC

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:uqS1JOHtq+VRNIrkTQttZ6mL6OLvxhwa92ril:u31sdbNg1PFhOril

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8199

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://update.freecheckupdates.net/dl.php?conversion_id=14298453708336&app_id=4&lp_id=402&v=ico&stub_id=195&v_id=6CiDE6vhsePZxz9UWcxS_HU_zEe9p-7cnOCiOKnk3gg.&pcl=IIBjkLnsfnr6ZmlwKXWAGo1_aO-uL_4TkdGJxsAv1oE.&CLICK_ID=Mc4wMPpYem5euf7cyHIfPQVtnIoYsHa8Z3xm7vmdoAm6h18yd03-_FEzbviilUnUK7vmfxg1bfeQVMum4hrEdTRGI_i7jn749ljtjkr6duI_i0K6eRQ3TmqrqPFVHZQD4LfObhPAX5C9q4l3VUPlisd0qb8CNQwRtVpxVivJwmIhLg0z64XpyuoA6UVhIW0dZ76R6cS2gFPKjw8lBjeSb48DHA9q5aFLK6CdDfc5ynNVMuZAC3Pdh9RamUpJHSfbQyVlPQNphhsbLyFgBSYSM5E4GGE-X0CsMMBMwTP2y1U2VqVsWNtee-m1ypJQnSsUq91dpMrU-pz1lR8yjIiDkJf5BKRi8I8JeTwKFNrdwm7Y0euhqLRrm2K8GVylIkXQcz0UFkFbBwspx_YXv_sBKQ0kGYiPLDVOX3tZIW4OkwmFyfBQcfD1Yg

Remove adobe_flash_setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security

herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.