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WorldSetup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chrome.exe by WorldSetup has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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:
WorldSetup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
05155559085573646d636b9bf84fe3bd

SHA-1:
903ae2560d03a66368e56e5f65803dbf0854b1db

SHA-256:
386333b80656645c5c053b79e2ffdf3bd3289b9b3103c0e89013239bfbc62edf

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/24/2024 11:26:23 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.asike
7.11.189.56

AVG
Ransomer
2015.0.3277

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.WS
20212

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JE.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-dbe1ec51
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14161

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.11.27.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WorldSetup.G
14.11.27.18

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4837543
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.492870
2.0.0.1995

File size:
639 KB (654,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WorldSetup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/2/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WorldSetup, O=WorldSetup, STREET=Lilienblum 28 St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Tel-Aviv, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
6EEF11096F7B5CDC42244636F32F2208

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lvpgXdSRStM+1ywYZ872lXHZ8SqLoR6yOIgCp2weGZN0NTa/EFJQtDNeTPM:lvmXdSwMEyE2p4W6yOI/preGZqNTNFmm

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8242

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.firstdownload.net/en/downloads/.../Chrome.exe

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