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:
b121650f5afdfdda8703c6754fa3e1ef

SHA-1:
d8534a95ae76da7e22470e59f65e8b06499bb99c

SHA-256:
41480ce5ddba4a2eef29eb23c92f5e0a4d8d36f9db8addf9fac1c4f6b4999def

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:
4/19/2024 6:33:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.BorisVladimirovichBOBOVSKY.Bundler (M)
16.2.13.1

File size:
1.3 MB (1,327,888 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:OLzG5HvHpQ/h4rmYMl4kMH4KsjoGWFVpY7+2NZ9/qX3zzmPfuryCeAjL:OL65HvHKhEmdl4kMH7stNZ9/qHzzCurR

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:
7.9370  (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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