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downloadsetup.exe

Setup

Artua Vladislav

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application downloadsetup.exe by Artua Vladislav has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
Premium  (signed by Artua Vladislav)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2011.12.15.2018

MD5:
f1acd8c5a4dfe8b1c4cbec4fe5c3e3b7

SHA-1:
31c3abf48d9ef6f2f4b86ea560f6e57c6c134343

SHA-256:
0af4945877b5322952d65a36ebf37a8985fb6011cfb135c96faf404ae1755800

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

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:
4/19/2024 8:08:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstalleRex
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.181.38

avast!
Win32:InstallMate-CJ [PUP]
141023-1

AVG
Adware Agent.E
2014.0.4040

Bkav FE
HW32.Packed
1.3.0.6185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Bundledz.C
19890

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.97
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13789

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ArtuaVladislav.S
14.10.24.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Dropper!6.F48
23.00.65.141022

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Installerex/WebPick
34218

File size:
237.1 KB (242,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Artua Vladislav

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/15/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2012 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Artua Vladislav, O=Artua Vladislav, STREET=haRav Dangur 22, L=Bnei Braq, S=Israel, PostalCode=51281, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
302242B18FB354EA399140DBBA22B786

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/8/2011 10:24:26 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Pl+FIFCPwwTzOOPgP+rf8qdGH8+iQq9c+IN+2K3ob:PlEN0O4P+b8qG3iQ8c+IN+2zb

Entry address:
0x1513

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 38, 0B, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 8D, 85, E0, FE, FF, FF, 50, C7, 85, E0, FE, FF, FF, 14, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 11, 33, C0, 83, BD, F0, FE, FF, FF, 01, 0F, 94, C0, A3, 00, 40, 40, 00, 33, F6, 66, 89, B5, C8, F4, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, D0, 33, 40, 00, E8, EA...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
8 KB (8,192 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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