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chromebrowser-setup.exe

TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application chromebrowser-setup.exe by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1019.com.
Publisher:
New Wealthy Install  (signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE)

Product:
New Wealthy Install

Version:
93.3.0.1918

MD5:
241c123a0d80ff4c70c4981fd9a6fba5

SHA-1:
7f6ee870edc525ec49ebb9f8882bc0f76d402c27

SHA-256:
25107cf41956b4ebd2bd051207e98e40951b192c0ec33bebf5e619d8ea92d6d0

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 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:
4/29/2024 11:25:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.TRUSTEDINSTALLSOFTWARE.Installer (M)
16.2.11.20

File size:
875 KB (896,040 bytes)

Product version:
93.3.0.1918

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\chromebrowser-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/10/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/10/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2A889382754355CE927EAE3A2EA732CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/11/2014 10:36:09 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1gMLKmtvPyHu7F8vrYENy9pNg4W7HM8FcN+2QHCWT:yiKmHyOxoLp7s8cQ7

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9583  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadnet1019.com/download/.../dl?bc=1189275&pid=advertisode&brand=advertiso.de&country=IN&cb=491074926&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1188561

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