flashplayer_updater.exe

Golden Banners

The application flashplayer_updater.exe by Golden Banners 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Golden Banners  (signed and verified)

Product:
Golden Banners

Version:
73.7.3.2411

MD5:
8df5fb14646fee2dccabc3725f6f1b7a

SHA-1:
75b001f2cd2822c4ec0032ae66d14aae56dadedc

SHA-256:
c3828afdac4eca303a785e7ecbe08c86e9177079c6b2fea3887a6a26f602c02c

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:
5/4/2024 8:42:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
16.8.31.23

File size:
882.2 KB (903,416 bytes)

Product version:
73.7.3.2411

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/30/2015 9:34:38 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 8:39:55 PM

Subject:
CN=Golden Banners, O=Golden Banners, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00BE3C8F3DCF9E64C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2014 10:41:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:oHRvtiQ4YyioSLyvAtq9U0WdzZM1Se9Flk8jOpT:mN0Q4YksyvAtB0WJqNFCHR

Entry address:
0x3142

Entry point:
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Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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