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Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application itunes setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Setup Quality (Fried Cookie) 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. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
2.0.3.3

MD5:
67fe502fc4b040193860027d628c9011

SHA-1:
1fe1dcd80d0e72ab74d8816acea7e7f6c6feec7d

SHA-256:
c2e899883919994c892bb00ca797ff36ce0bb77b4c38c229381e9427f80a6c7e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/7/2025 7:51:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.1.1

File size:
960.3 KB (983,368 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.2

Copyright:
Web program

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 7:53:08 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2016 8:02:29 PM

Subject:
CN=Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Setup Quality (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121734671448CB8540659135FEB5A8E8573

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MmiOa0eOFSiIgFA9q0QgiFg/ORnYhoBXa+R6cPiFjT:MHaexiIRqFgTONYh6KcyV

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:
7.9307

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.quickf42n.com/.../H8WfbgOQ27gvBLOxRAxT7qiJsOPhTFiNByn0QH0dIAelmaQsFRbDGwOCueBXOWPsBYT8aQX4&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

http://www.tagcapitalfactory.com/c?x=Wo JPWxnwPf/iTMWyZ2SeWL8sNJ7omcQatTbTgAW6lo=&c=7rIZIDecFMGRk/tmqPw5Z70J0uwjZVB1hq oqHjalCoL8451lf3YI4ScDxa0AsUAzhkYvR2Ks/.../aH&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe

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