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chrome-setup.exe

Chrome Installer

Savvy

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application chrome-setup.exe, “Deploy Chrome along with various offers” by Savvy has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Savvy  (signed and verified)

Product:
Chrome Installer

Description:
Deploy Chrome along with various offers

Version:
23

MD5:
c75a7bbdf1ac63bb793d35b1dd906dce

SHA-1:
c5d94def1a990027eb62175ca96ba4f964ec9971

SHA-256:
d0891ecddbbd714545d87b452cae296bf82a31c86c1916f6c23c6c4273ce3bec

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:27:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-150630

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2016.0.3063

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
21595

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.S potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11402

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Fam.NB
6/30/2015

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
v2015.06.30.06

McAfee
Artemis!C75A7BBDF1AC
5600.6719

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.Savvy.Bundler (M)
15.6.30.6

VIPRE Antivirus
MyWebSearch Toolbar (not malicious)
38918

File size:
1.2 MB (1,274,216 bytes)

Product version:
23

Copyright:
©BrowsersInfo

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Savvy

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/13/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
8/14/2014 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Savvy, O=Savvy, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
397CE208945051D16EBC051D5ED4B1EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2013 2:42:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xM7YKmIr51DH4awRTPMuW5Ql3KKM5po/Y/XXngoty0IETeiGQ6k6Tvma:x6zLUj3Kp0/KngoYfXnTH

Entry address:
0x1053F0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 14, 31, 50, 00, E8, E4, 21, F0, FF, 8B, 0D, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 09, B2, 01, A1, DC, 2C, 4C, 00, E8, 28, 96, F5, FF, 8B, 15, 58, F6, 50, 00, 89, 02, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 2C, 2E, F6, FF, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, C6, 4C, F6, FF, 8B, 0D, 4C, F3, 50, 00, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 48, 72, 4F, 00, E8, 1E, 2E, F6, FF, A1, 64, F5, 50, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 4A, 2F, F6, FF, E8, 39, FB, EF, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6445

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,064,448 bytes)

The file chrome-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.dealdownloadz.com/zwL7u5eAm3d9gxr4Mtns_A/.../chrome-setup.exe

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