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chromesetup.exe

Program Installer Internet

Glority Software Limited.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chromesetup.exe, “Program Installer Internet Setup ” by Glority Software Limited has been detected as adware by 17 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:
Glority Software Limited.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Program Installer Internet

Description:
Program Installer Internet Setup

MD5:
b06dd8dc654c5062b660596bb5a575ca

SHA-1:
c61a9582f59afa2ef29fa1b81c269684ce389df4

SHA-256:
be43ecea6113507aefb7c35ea2c2e52e0522b8eddf46f433b66a410989576ed3

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/16/2024 3:16:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.199.138

AVG
Generic_c
2016.0.3171

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15313

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DWS
20947

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.SX (variant)
9.10966

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
3/13/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.Agent.7UJ2HR
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of winrar520_installer.exe (Adware)
2015.6.19.21

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.1814541

McAfee
Artemis!B06DD8DC654C
5600.6827

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dmhfys
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.installCore
15.3.13.14

Sophos
Generic PUA AG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1218
7.2.72

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OB815
10.465.13

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36394

File size:
768.2 KB (786,664 bytes)

Product version:
5.0

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:
Glority Software Limited.

Authority:
WoSign CA Limited

Valid from:
8/18/2014 7:45:23 PM

Valid to:
8/18/2015 7:45:23 PM

Subject:
CN=Glority Software Limited., E=info@glority.com, O=Glority Software Limited., L=Hangzhou, S=Zhejiang, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=WoSign Class 3 Code Signing CA, O=WoSign CA Limited, C=CN

Serial number:
547DAAA520AD36551B3954526D58EC3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4wvpedwEr6bGhFslM/lnbyAYdD2njp0UBNu8SFovZySK0Gz18YIh4WFzsVb6ps+p:4wvYKErLjFuAlnlBjS4YICYsVcs+NhF

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:
7.8738

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.openthefile.net/.../ChromeSetup.exe

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