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abiword_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application abiword_setup.exe, “AbiWord ” by Premium Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
AbiWord

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
ce1b0dbef81bfecf8a7a4e4baf8c7990

SHA-1:
4a208b6cc137651a6a5cbff6f5c5c6ebd06dd687

SHA-256:
b86e5a85fb00272e73f84fe62786bcbc53ad4fcea9db7dd0e90e8df2f30f645b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

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:
4/19/2024 5:56:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Bundler
16.2.8.22

File size:
209.3 KB (214,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Premium Installer

Original file name:
BootStrapper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\abiword_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/11/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/12/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
706520EBEF7703A74B71E96735FFEA17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/15/2012 2:18:03 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:T9BB6ukpdpEnpk2A2Z6KnjAqqAWtXWAAXtWZAqA77nN/VrT902tirU9uuajrf6bf:Tfkpdpr23PN/9PzpV+2

Entry address:
0x2DE6E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6002

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
176 KB (180,224 bytes)

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