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chromesetup.exe

ICS Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chromesetup.exe by ICS Setup has been detected as adware by 8 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:
ICS Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b11ed464395eb645571c98fa19674d49

SHA-1:
2cd12a1d4320423c0ceee8080e3b93e698d20fab

SHA-256:
cf391a2d82051de66c2b938e9f5995088fd6977a48e1e9248b45e8c9da009745

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:16:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3283

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PL potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Adware.InstallCore.BV
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14098

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ICSSetup.L
14.11.21.21

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
34948

File size:
840.1 KB (860,264 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ICS Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ICS Setup, O=ICS Setup, STREET=Lilienblum 28, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Gush dan, PostalCode=65113, C=IL

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

Serial number:
401AE9F3E475B300437336E84E319A7F

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:s9vDKrkcOufLx3gQmWWnzEws31YnAL0Vy6pyWftB:shDc5t3gQUwb3KnAepyWL

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:
7.8757

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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