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horizon-setup.exe

Web Program

Daring Development Inc.

The application horizon-setup.exe, “Web Program Setup ” by Daring Development has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Installer   (signed by Daring Development Inc.)

Product:
Web Program

Description:
Web Program Setup

MD5:
52fc3d7e55995dcd889cd538956bb354

SHA-1:
741566534d31ac7cac8577f8ab50d75c27f79838

SHA-256:
d438be4689fae898bf57f67d3baf1549ee5e5f33386555637573df520316ecd5

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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 9:28:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.2904

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15126

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7133

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.KT
22941

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WQ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12050

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
12/6/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.207.16798

Malwarebytes
PUP.OPtional.Bundle
v2015.12.06.12

McAfee
Artemis!6EF53B2BAB2F
5600.6560

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.O
15.12.06.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.12.6.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
801.9 KB (821,104 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

Copyright:
Installer Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Daring Development Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/18/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/19/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Daring Development Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Daring Development Inc., L=Mamaroneck, S=New York, 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:
459F52EE0DAEC49DD60050DD4433D2C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ccu5zWVnnNS5dHT1YnV+8oEzI5WYBMmVw8NT2:CZVECdHTD5WlQ6

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9229

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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