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adobe_flash_setup.exe

Generic

NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

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, “Generic Setup ” by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point) 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 update4soft.newcheck4updates.net.
Publisher:
Internet Soft   (signed by NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point))

Product:
Generic

Description:
Generic Setup

MD5:
0905118e51c67fee92ae16329510a6e9

SHA-1:
93b9d026f4ef50ac81de7c66bdaf5a578de0f295

SHA-256:
ad91e14b6b310976d7aee6e43ba2c0a60a2d723fb17106e86725cafd2bfce632

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 '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:
5/16/2024 2:35:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.17.4

File size:
762.9 KB (781,240 bytes)

Product version:
3.6.2

Copyright:
Internet installer

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}\adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/21/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), O=NEXT-POINT (OOO Next-Point), STREET=Prospekt Leninskii 95, L=Moscow, S=Moscow, PostalCode=119313, C=RU

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

Serial number:
75E61A7B437F0F49B6A02FAA99CD28AC

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

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.6712

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://update4soft.newcheck4updates.net/dl.php?conversion_id=14261336839222&app_id=4&lp_id=554&v=icrs&stub_id=120&v_id=8ZxzZAFQA/iyX0MEsGYDEilmrSsZJVxB9GKnK812SFo=&dist_id=331&channel=jovnewjavUS&cid=adkx_kAWx9A64sMn-14OxD_s6HXWprZrUKJm-z-CDe2K3hLZkukRMKd2_3NLUHCA8_Lbr6nRjDGwaw4TGNZ5laVozDmCiU5FfawxEgtMXehXfk7bODmsD8X82OdOkq4_gSXcYHW6KbTCWg_MTFLyrWH0tQe7WUaFOyUV0x4Eroi--ilt4fqySOvkXu0Yugc_Old0-c0CQNyaWD0EUtHQbPLIBKUjDShuyL3qDUUmYM49IXvDqQGwnRA-bDnvDanBSDs2E&sid=${param_pubid}

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