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horizon-setup.exe

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Daring Development Inc.

The application horizon-setup.exe, “Internet Setup ” by Daring Development has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.horizoncapitalconecpt.com.
Publisher:
Web   (signed by Daring Development Inc.)

Product:
Internet

Description:
Internet Setup

MD5:
1df1506e80f90267644ad5ac0fbd07a3

SHA-1:
d6e825b9920134740af2ddaf524f2584c85f7113

SHA-256:
965470970a6d5a66c1c7e99130dff0d0a6fa232913730e9f3d792f402f638c9c

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:41:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2905

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15124

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7133

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.DQR
23069

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ABL potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12138

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
12/4/2015

Malwarebytes
PUP.OPtional.Bundle
v2015.12.04.12

McAfee
Artemis!1DF1506E80F9
5600.6561

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.12.4.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

File size:
807.3 KB (826,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.1

Copyright:
Soft

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):
12288:2XTGUNYCeI+5O9owST/brCXmrvUgFnkKOSZV36ykS8ffwT2+pHTE1:2XT5NRLowJWvUgh9OY08NT4

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:
7.9241

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file horizon-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.horizoncapitalconecpt.com/c?x=aErKq75zsnY37bBdYF0VYrAYlkAaboZULRUHW37MteU=&c=eGJAbOANqMwFXaqmocUSa fU6FpODDlLEyEYrGqs5ogH5OuRr/iXJ7GiC1PiZ5hylQdMKplARuZkd6vQ2z6ULFAYuyhh OJy5BauEapQQuhI0wKlyMy0AZ8etO9H5uiwOdqmKS/UzcZEyYJkoSI5V6PEaRhZ9oIids1bPXlXDKs=&downloadAs=Horizon-Setup.exe&fallback_url=https://www.horizonmb.com/client/.../latest.php

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