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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:
c197f8eeb8ae957600873c99f8bab93c

SHA-1:
8ba02b4025acf5e372a505c5b368ed144ab5c891

SHA-256:
4471afe5f914c51e1b29bd72d6408cc60271b06599c660db9fdb6c15d5260c44

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/25/2024 6:58:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
17.3.13.6

File size:
1.3 MB (1,329,104 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
Signed by:
Boris Vladimirovich BOBOVSKY

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
12/27/2013 11:31:44 AM

Valid to:
12/27/2014 11:31:44 AM

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 8:07:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

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:
7.9303  (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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