[Bug 35557] Multiple web-installers wrapped with PUP/ Adware downloader fail with 'Unable to initialize installer GUI' ( Mipony 2.x.x download manager)

Sun May 12 06:47:20 CDT 2019

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35557

Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
            Summary|Mipony 2.x.x (download      |Multiple web-installers
                   |manager) installer fails    |wrapped with PUP/Adware
                   |with 'Unable to initialize  |downloader fail with
                   |installer GUI'              |'Unable to initialize
                   |                            |installer GUI' (Mipony
                   |                            |2.x.x download manager)

--- Comment #7 from Anastasius Focht <focht at gmx.net> ---
Hello folks,

revisiting still present.

Found another web-installer wrapped with this "download manager" installer
technology:

https://terraria.jaleco.com/

http://d3vljz0n9l6x5r.cloudfront.net/0Jzf/u3736mCN3/lAl4oUH/terraria_1175084089.exe

*** NOTE: the website is likely scam, tricking users to download web-installers
which side-load unwanted adware/crapware.

https://www.thewindowsclub.com/safe-software-download-sites

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-website-Jaleco-com-a-scam

https://www.viruspup.com/hijacker/how-to-remove-search-jaleco-com.html

vs. original Terraria: https://terraria.org/ (linked to:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/105600/)

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4e884af530e5334f13889dac6b0346cd62e646707f1e5d23633c3241474feb9a/details

--- snip ---
File Version Information

Copyright: Tahihu
Product: Kahedaga
Description: Kahedaga Setup
File Version: 4.6.5.6
Comments: This installation was built with Inno Setup.
Date signed: 12:46 PM 5/10/2019 

Names

actionaz_2387408874.exe
opengl_0555670340.exe"; filename*=UTF-8''opengl_0555670340.exe
free-video-editor_0812107517.exe";
filename*=UTF-8''free-video-editor_0812107517.exe
--- snip ---

--- snip ---
<body><script>function r(){var oNewDoc=document.open("text/html");
oNewDoc.write(external.irsoBootstrapPage("main.html"));
oNewDoc.close();}</script></body>
--- snip ---

There is another interesting problem with all those web-installers, a
timing/race condition which deserves its own bug. Technically valid issues
although the "reproduction environment" is kinda questionable ;-)

$ sha1sum terraria_1175084089.exe
1d6f37d4d7d5878efe271b44cca029b342cc8fc7  terraria_1175084089.exe

$ du -sh terraria_1175084089.exe
2.1M    terraria_1175084089.exe

$ wine --version
wine-4.8

Regards

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