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itunes_setup.exe

Soft Web

Advertiso GmbH

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, “Soft Web Setup ” by Advertiso GmbH has been detected as adware by 11 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. 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:
Software   (signed by Advertiso GmbH)

Product:
Soft Web

Description:
Soft Web Setup

MD5:
e0791920111f6cd4cb33c8a8fc6671bc

SHA-1:
40f607abc4dba926519d920219770848523e7b6c

SHA-256:
d56369c7ad26ccb01eb830ae1a1c3a999ce56f74aef68144c18833075381d329

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
4/27/2024 4:16:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.444
7.11.217.28

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3158

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1571

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.53
9.0.1.086

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.XA potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11318

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of winrar-64-bit_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.1.22

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15259

McAfee
Artemis!41169E1DC14D
5600.6717

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.djeeag
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.AdvertisoGmbH
15.3.27.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
38410

File size:
707.6 KB (724,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

Copyright:
Internet application

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:
Advertiso GmbH

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/17/2015 12:15:45 AM

Valid to:
2/18/2016 12:15:45 AM

Subject:
CN=Advertiso GmbH, O=Advertiso GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

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

Serial number:
112174199E19DC47E8626A3FC3B34B556C25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 2:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qImahC8qFzx56ahMfaQlkHuXdgKP9MAzGiORjaoFTPYcBoyWZ/0BnrXm0ci2HOxe:qImwC80V4EMfaQyOthMAzmFa4gc+yWZR

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8527

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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