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The application installer.exe, “Web Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 dorothywise.blob.core.windows.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Soft

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
4.0.4.3

MD5:
1378a502347a76f4f6afbd2a848eb27f

SHA-1:
5cd36a7c15a6f9ac19589573cd3322420ece2957

SHA-256:
c6f67b4873dee0963fbf16ee15b974ef21e0d7d32122d3731ce16918a33cf73e

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
5/1/2024 9:33:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12422

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.11.17.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.11.17.18

File size:
1.1 MB (1,110,240 bytes)

Product version:
4.4.9

Copyright:
Internet Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer.exe

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:7ymb16dbDY8PElv0/lAePt9duGmgwVmKpmpmA6l8JmeK/l7uh:7Xhmi0tAst9digMmZYD8JGU

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:
7.9812

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dorothywise.blob.core.windows.net/.../installer.exe

http://davidhorton-a.akamaihd.net/.../installer.exe

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