ext_setup.exe

Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY

The setup package is an adware installer (using InstalleRex) that will deploy with little or no user consent adware offerings including but not limited to browser extensions (add-ins, toolbars) that will inject various forms of advertising in the user's browser. The application ext_setup.exe by Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY 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 WebPick InstalleRex installer.
Publisher:
Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cb6a27e097e60ac1f99fad4c1b7a44df

SHA-1:
09ec17ca5fa7178a82aa1d6ca5f69a727abc2fe1

SHA-256:
800bab517057991d2dbbd7e94f8dd3b95a2760c744f6a832896877b81a4475fc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional adware products (monetized browser extensions, ad injectors) in the installer.

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:
4/25/2024 5:48:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.BorisVladimirovichBOBOVSKY.Bundler (M)
16.2.14.4

File size:
1.3 MB (1,328,016 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\addons\ext_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
12/27/2013 1:31:44 PM

Valid to:
12/27/2014 1:31:44 PM

Subject:
E=bob@borr.info, CN="Open Source Developer, Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY", O=Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Certum Level III CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
1ADBC4E5D3604FB9725702528437E82A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2013 10:07:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:OLzKixUQhmD7j2rVE5GFVRxu3CoFymazvuLwDY06kh7uAm8g9EsZzuwVS:OLOixfnq+7xkBhazGLwDY01h7uAjg9z6

Entry address:
0xD5B4

Entry point:
E8, 72, 4F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 38, C0, 41, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 3C, C0, 41, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 09, 19, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A0, C1, 41, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, F6, 18, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, A4, C1, 41, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9399  (probably packed)

Code size:
88 KB (90,112 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to i1.stylefun.info  (198.7.61.118:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to dl.softservers.net  (184.154.145.171:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.getapplicationmy.info  (54.201.215.30:80)

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