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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 5 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Savvy  (signed and verified)

Product:
Chrome Installer

Description:
Deploy Chrome along with various offers

Version:
23

MD5:
03c40f53228474f16d86c2317b6bc629

SHA-1:
dd4d916b73b24872dc4ad97743b4c424358eb4fe

SHA-256:
26f5a94e99b95aed383de49c9b6ea04e4cf9859c27fc124d24201d720e909427

Scanner detections:
5 / 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 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:
4/25/2024 6:42:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2016.0.3031

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.S potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11377

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
v2015.08.01.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.Savvy.Bundler (M)
15.8.1.7

File size:
1.2 MB (1,282,408 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\software\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:
8/17/2013 3:34:43 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IM7YKmIr51DH4awRTPMuW5Ql3KKM5po/Y/XXnZoty0IETeiGjoN6TmDyOz:I6zLUj3Kp0/KnZoYfXnTmDT

Entry address:
0x1053F0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 08, 32, 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:
6.6529

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1 MB (1,064,960 bytes)

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

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

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