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internet explorer setup.exe

Beni

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application internet explorer setup.exe, “Beni Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 installCore installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Internet Explorer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
953e1db6bb87678895e97ea7fe727865

SHA-1:
e37efdedec9e2920bbf6d6f0a701f5b28824b12d

SHA-256:
8876c173f6b8e2bdfafae99f51144cb7b9fd91f54ef67812b1c0c68bd85aa760

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:
6/16/2024 5:53:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.27.6

File size:
1007.6 KB (1,031,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\internet explorer setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FmC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:Ff3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

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:
7.9110

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file internet explorer setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.hostgifthead.com/c?x=ePNDks1a GKvuOeB7lvrtsG6wGuLbRIu a6C54SS5Cw=&c=ZjrhoahGF/6Wgj6T8i1ZpXLENah0Zo54c/ XuC8Xo2c0kiGaoyRwWQ5GrQIU4XG/fse0UmO2d06CraiShMZD3c jtQMz/ZuyvYKZJSpCZ HgfXOFFFankf1DIpcl6/R0i4w/HnGYkEbEyFrfP6zuTOzSVF1keJK41 yTq1FZofE=&e=0&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=agRQ0g aP88G5pJhkYxw1F9xILGObo7KcI p037t8hA=&c=FQHwKdMiSZmki6rz2GN4AY5lG/ cqoWr5MSu5/I9YRBhP3qGtBBzRCnObf384fCyvkOoJyz/dd7UuCP8tZ6Sgub/7Szwhaxfqt2oBPA MEmREUh2GUdMFaaSwn24dGY/YenrWGM3kw5sm9q5dc6nTYoUiclVaMnldFPFLf1By0=&e=0&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=ENpErtJL/CT/jC3kmfw1ASKUVGAbklP93dPhOfcy3xQ=&c=ALllyPL8vLl4fMin5nXIivWvZkwJGj0p6pddMRDnTFBF1s 9YjbyGQ9TuNfQDix49Lxh YNraWO6vjOCy5JY317/WRm0Fxzn JqwNMuh/mluaMZvowkgaPzxm0PqPNO4soPLEP z0/VHsWfRlu1pntu9ECYvGPujYCjZVZxsz4w=&e=0&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=ayW//B2JardAZ3Cx8anQgTsSE5STeoGTobUQ0X7Z83c=&c=rGD1nB2ZxB9TkVtSnwHIV8IJbYAlIK46/mAElgKagsd5CGvVf7yNdODLu6MNNMhC6MPTbG1tfGX1zmOVfm5tZHuOloARtxcYK02JJXTpa4GEN1XtGwvd6HlECHDwKjpOwc8GIeQ qi/bQGoAnycffqKBqnaqA7O6o15/jlkxFeY=&e=0&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.downtoad.com/.../internetexplorer.exe

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