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BitComet.exe Adware InstallCore Analysis

Updated 8 months ago
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BitComet.exe

Technical Analysis

File Name BitComet.exe
File Type
PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
Scanner Version 1.0.194.174
Database Version 2024-10-28 12:00:38 UTC
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Adware.Win64.InstallCore.vl!c

Malware family: InstallCore

InstallCore is a software distribution framework used by developers. It is often associated with potentially unwanted programs and adware through software bundling without clear user consent.
N/A
Detection Rate
28,349,328
File Size (bytes)
2024-10-28
Analysis Date

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File Identification

Hash Type Value Action
MD5
cbb6d49fcb708b9aeb7ba74567091fe9
SHA1
dbde15b4ee94437a82cace375ad1ca55739ad57f
SHA256
5760e7283ea31834aa16976fe052c156c26cc1c2459a043152c06ce2b8a4fd1e
SHA512
bee080ec0d335cc1774c05f98e4480fc4d0ff825bfcee3822171adc461023c3f6952ecb064d33b5c8709e520bc8ee29a63e28381f0847aa3919e097586428a8e
ImpHash
d2fca41c9e84b9f5f8a2abb235194346

PE Analysis

Basic Information

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Hash: 5771b0fae29f38cac49fcbccd914d4c2
Fuzzy: b7621093455d12c52d863db1873a2897
dHash: f0f0bed4d4d4f0f0
Image Base 0x140000000
Entry Point 0x1409b30ec
Compilation Time 2024-08-20 14:20:48
Checksum 0x01b0c216 (Actual: 0x01b0c216)
OS Version 5.2
PEiD Signatures PE32+ executable (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows
PDB Path D:\develop\BitComet_2.09\app\Release_unicode_x64\GUI_BitComet_wx.pdb
Digital Signature An error occurred while validating the countersignature: The root Certum Trusted Network CA 2 lists its extended key usages, but {'time_stamping'} are not present
Imports 21 libraries
Exports 0 functions
Resources 154 Resources
Sections 8 Sections

Version Information

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CompanyName www.BitComet.com
FileDescription BitComet - a BitTorrent Client
FileVersion 2.09
InternalName BitComet.exe
LegalCopyright Copyright(C) 2003-2024 All Rights Reserved.
ProductName BitComet 64-bit
ProductVersion 2.09
Translation 0x0409 0x04b0

PE Sections

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Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Characteristics MD5
.text 0x00001000 16,640,872 bytes 16,641,024 bytes 6.52 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ D8172A89727D5A90675AFF866AE8297F
.rdata 0x00fe0000 7,819,386 bytes 7,819,776 bytes 5.24 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 18D2DC02F0F2359F67CE82A478659E94
.data 0x01756000 1,904,976 bytes 518,656 bytes 4.46 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE 083DD69B886CF0AD13627C0F1E07B3D5
.pdata 0x01928000 684,092 bytes 684,544 bytes 6.77 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 9F3FA5744D00E0E2B55F73DD73A57539
.detourc 0x019d0000 8,720 bytes 9,216 bytes 2.81 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ CAD5D451B901B03DC9C75917F5B6FD70
.detourd 0x019d3000 24 bytes 512 bytes 0.12 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE EDDA25907019E5CC74C177F6952E5E4B
.rsrc 0x019d4000 2,313,136 bytes 2,313,216 bytes 7.95 (Packed/Encrypted) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 024B004BDC7022110ACC023346570B60
.reloc 0x01c09000 350,760 bytes 351,232 bytes 5.46 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 254FC73B275AC4CCC4BCA95C5E1A4FEB
Entropy Analysis Alert

1 section(s) with high entropy (≥7.5) detected - possible packing/encryption

2 section(s) with elevated entropy (≥6.5) - possible compression

Resource Analysis

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Total Resources: 154 (2,301,600 bytes)
Resource Type Count Total Size Percentage
DLL 1 2,560 bytes
0.1%
MHT 3 74,651 bytes
3.2%
PNG 87 1,707,536 bytes
74.2%
ZIP 7 321,401 bytes
14%
RT_ICON 36 171,173 bytes
7.4%
RT_GROUP_ICON 6 540 bytes
0%
RT_VERSION 1 732 bytes
0%
RT_HTML 12 22,213 bytes
1%
RT_MANIFEST 1 794 bytes
0%

Certificate Chain Analysis

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No Digital Signatures

This file is not digitally signed.

Security Implications:
  • Cannot verify the publisher's identity
  • Increased security risk when running this file
  • May trigger security warnings on some systems

⚠ This file either lacks a digital signature or the certificate chain could not be verified
Exercise caution when executing unsigned files from unknown sources

Certificate Verification Status

An error occurred while validating the countersignature: The root Certum Trusted Network CA 2 lists its extended key usages, but {'time_stamping'} are not present

Recommendation: Verify the file source and ensure it comes from a trusted publisher.

Adware.Win64.InstallCore.vl!c Removal

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