» chrome_setup.exe
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chrome_setup.exe

Soft Downloads

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 by Soft Downloads has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Downloader installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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.

File name:

chrome_setup.exe

Publisher:

Soft Downloads (signed and verified)

MD5:

5c6053749d2f8b2d2cd66b7dc4844866

SHA-1:

4bcb1a940947cdab3715fcfa5ff6fc7da0ba5a43

SHA-256:

9f76878a98d012521b22886a4c257219571cb0a4022d687e3cb80a4fd6b466b6

Scanner detections:

9 / 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 '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:

4/20/2024 1:57:30 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9

7.11.182.78

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3306

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.7

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.QH potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.AC.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.185.13853

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dhpyjp

0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.SoftDownloads.M

14.10.27.11

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

34232

File size:

781.9 KB (800,688 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adlogica Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Soft Downloads

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

9/14/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/14/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Soft Downloads, O=Soft Downloads, STREET="1608 S. Ashland Ave #41118", L=Chicago, S=Illinois, PostalCode=60608, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00B75687A35DCB27A264BF14C4B37B3FC2

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):

24576:qiHFTaSsIOSj9eYueoLK6TVFpipUGT0hb+M9:XlGSPOSgdekV3ctU

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:

7.8866

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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