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adobepho5-setup.exe

The application adobepho5-setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the InstallMonetizer platform which will donwload and install adware toolbars and other potentially unwanted software offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from adobephotoshopcs5freedownload.com.
MD5:
997e509a2776aec72aec38592f25562c

SHA-1:
ebf4adcbc237baa50315315585505da713e65e71

SHA-256:
d0e84fe05b75ee5418891f778cb3148d0685fc2809a344ffae3bb43da025e787

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
6/19/2025 11:25:17 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallMonetizer
4.0.3.14623

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AN
8.8893

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/InstallMonetizer.AH
6/23/2014

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.3670

McAfee
Artemis!997E509A2776
5600.7091

File size:
3.6 MB (3,803,551 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adobepho5-setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:74zsj9VmO+7k1dzqdTtqFLWu22arc3WPgl28S:7wS9cO+YvzY4WL5woeS

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9958

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file adobepho5-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://adobephotoshopcs5freedownload.com/.../adobepho5-setup.exe

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