ext_setup.exe

Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application ext_setup.exe by Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5fb3e9d974d0ba3ca38fcea4347c77c0

SHA-1:
e057698a15b1a594c546416dd374926b0866e265

SHA-256:
24cfc01b595b8d8416a6bb8ca4f00439ba251c432d2205797ac3e7053ee3ff93

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/23/2024 10:15:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
17.3.15.2

File size:
1.5 MB (1,611,080 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:
1/8/2014 9:24:34 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2015 9:24:34 AM

Subject:
E=drozdov54@hotmail.com, CN="Open Source Developer, Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov", OU=Sedro Soft, O=Sergei Ivanovich Drozdov, C=RU

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

Serial number:
4E05AFB21C1318DB8A2C0669760C9050

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2014 8:33:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1080B

Entry point:
E8, BE, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, 21, 42, 00, E8, 9F, 21, 00, 00, E8, E0, 07, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 51, 4A, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 10, 38, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
102.5 KB (104,960 bytes)

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=632908238&publisher_id=329&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=1898724714&external_id=0&session_id=3797449428&hardware_id=4430357666&installer_file_name=ext_setup

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