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googlechrome-setup.exe

TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application googlechrome-setup.exe by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
PC Software Installer  (signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE)

Product:
PC Software Installer

Version:
2.6.2.5

MD5:
0fcd372304201a9e0cbd11d7606f89e1

SHA-1:
b7918c478115cbe8c2f6604b6b05092a43e15296

SHA-256:
0399119d3a01ed7dc00543f3c72f8e9100487a3e5600efb0cec905fed26c5e8b

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:
5/4/2024 12:10:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
17.3.13.18

File size:
877.7 KB (898,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.2.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\googlechrome-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2A889382754355CE927EAE3A2EA732CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/23/2014 2:39:23 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9584  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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