bluetooth for hp pavilion g series__10924_i1458620079_il669106.exe

Install Path Ltd

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application bluetooth for hp pavilion g series__10924_i1458620079_il669106.exe by Install Path 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Install Path Ltd  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.8.22

MD5:
8f951e186f5f12785c31665fdf8864f7

SHA-1:
cd0517b1e215acbcfda81b465108178abba4d9af

SHA-256:
c0dd3f8a7cc97d06ee31577ea2ae82bb6951ea2b55c81601d7157ccb38f9f08f

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:
6/1/2024 4:44:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize (M)
17.1.18.7

File size:
647.6 KB (663,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.8.22

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\bluetooth for hp pavilion g series__10924_i1458620079_il669106.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/20/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/21/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Path Ltd, OU=Install Path Ltd, O=Install Path Ltd, POBox=5252006, STREET=5 Jabotinsky, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252006, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2E1A17FA8AA2A44E9135D585D48E6C41

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 2:43:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xE13A

Entry point:
E8, CF, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, EC, 1E, 38, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, AD, 34, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, F7, 32, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, EE, F8, FF, FF, 59, 59, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 01, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, EC, 1E, 38, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 70, 37, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, EC, 1E, 38, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 63, 34, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, AD, 32, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, A4, F8, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.6186

Code size:
149.5 KB (153,088 bytes)