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chrome_setup.exe

Quick Downloader

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 Quick Downloader 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 Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. 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:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3542411aab3911fa8dc467e53de1e6e5

SHA-1:
e771c9bdfe447e73fdffefdecde0868b5df8ece3

SHA-256:
f195dcaa4865c51c70ed196ab79e5a7c8afdea8f8c94cdea93ff53a727008561

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 '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:
4/24/2024 10:54:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.QuickDow.Bundler (M)
16.4.16.22

File size:
818.6 KB (838,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/8/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/9/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

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

Serial number:
00886E74060345A7D9DD833C2ADF305E49

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:HMFOCfjDmeiQVYmWWH6XD0Vjs1RJfVgBUlIbO8PX:HmtfXme5tWqMD0VaXf6bbOa

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:
7.8956

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://download-file.browsersinfo.com/download/28/.../?_u=jmn52cqibp3dp7v712om07bppcjrsgetf3adk1vhklah1ujo0n50-a14b8cd409a4990c1deb0cf08014faa3

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