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:
3be08b9895cf8fbec0008e9cee433848

SHA-1:
95a2899492b81d7452138348c9b10c9f19dd2151

SHA-256:
c5573172610acea96b56bb164b8d9943371e76d550452bc51a78df10212f8550

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 5:07:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.BorisVladimirovichBOBOVSKY.Bundler (M)
16.2.12.12

File size:
531.1 KB (543,824 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):
12288:Oc1sFyvLt97Ju9K6upx5bgsGq+HTXinKwM12JlxFh9ik:LLz7Ju9+7bgsF+HUM1mjFf

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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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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