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horizon-setup.exe

Program

Daring Development Inc.

The application horizon-setup.exe, “Program Setup ” by Daring Development has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Web   (signed by Daring Development Inc.)

Product:
Program

Description:
Program Setup

Version:
4.8.1.4

MD5:
70a2212a4ced34b76c949939fac961b3

SHA-1:
76368f9c43291e754eeba7e1b3c717e406ccadd3

SHA-256:
109e439a322cb5bca6bf93768d7b265abaaa723397255504699e1759190110e8

Scanner detections:
14 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:18:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.diur
8.3.2.2

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2851

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.16128

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7237

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Downloader
8.16.01.28.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACQ.gen potentially unwanted (variant)
10.12239

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
1/28/2016

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.210.17194

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundle
v2016.01.28.01

McAfee
Artemis!E09375D4D112
5600.6507

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.da8
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.1.28.1

Sophos
Generic PUA DA (PUA)
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
890.3 KB (911,632 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
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:ns9puQOsWOSGfZ8PLUxW8FYY5fCxgL1F36Hir8iyx8NTB:nmAQhXfZYLU4ULVok1F36ir8dSl

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9232

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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