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Detek

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 itunes setup.exe, “Detek 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 Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Poreceg   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Detek

Description:
Detek Setup

Version:
1.0.1.2

MD5:
0b341b22381cda2198168888d934fe4a

SHA-1:
5cf5f71237ac74b08e46e611cc5f854241ff2d8d

SHA-256:
d59819569c4cdbc12e982c22a07ed04d8def817dca6cfc23f3c37c881581397e

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:
5/16/2024 4:08:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.6.5.7

File size:
957.7 KB (980,640 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.5

Copyright:
Fast File App

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:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 5:29:59 AM

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:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:q235tSQCIVxZVZbtjnokN9nfzhe/JRei4jb+IGCv4X3NQi:qWSBIVvVZ5Zfkei4jb+qAX3NQ

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:
7.9353

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 URL.

http://www.bestconceptssoftware.com/c?x=o508Ua4zXcnhM9wcPG7/ahNEUxhjp3fCpbGFTsQFkvk=&c=OtzdmqAmvZB4ZqxTEmItoCHQh3RX8lCAj4I YnrCTwvYpPP97cge60N m5EHkUc IFTZNm//86Rpr2yOG9HWgwKQGX27g5EK5/8s VCCGxgEbS1TlBng4S//yNRFXnw7wtoh/p4Qy4vpgn4Thws CtWcWwJ0QIK5tw2etx2BUds=&e=0&downloadAs=iTunes Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

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