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ComposerME

Control4 Corporation

The application composerme.exe, “ComposerME Setup ” by Control4 has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup 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 update.control4.com.
Publisher:
Control4   (signed by Control4 Corporation)

Product:
ComposerME

Description:
ComposerME Setup

Version:
2.5.0.235326-res

MD5:
d2aa552aecb26b05f655ad78b5c04a3b

SHA-1:
3e4a7286daf3d5a8de9011bf0ca55dfec7463b8f

SHA-256:
56138d80c650a797adfa819eadaecee5d229502eb8791f0f57df4643c20128d6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
5/20/2025 3:59:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.14.11

File size:
16.2 MB (16,965,440 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0.235326-res

Copyright:
Copyright © 2004-2013 Control4 Corporation. All Rights Reserved

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Control4 Corporation

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/8/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Control4 Corporation, OU=Secure Application Development, O=Control4 Corporation, L=Draper, S=Utah, C=US

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

Serial number:
483A3ACD23DAA326174EB505825ED0A1

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, 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:
7.9997

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://update.control4.com/release2/2.5.0.235326-res/.../ComposerME.exe

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