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itunes_setup.exe

Quick Downloader

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application itunes_setup.exe by Quick Downloader has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica Quick Downloader installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. 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:
Quick Downloader  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bd2e0114e1fd8195a3999c4f3525a864

SHA-1:
ebe8761105f5148e10e4c238c34528d8ba3ff57d

SHA-256:
8cd253e1c027bb7bc0d1f74fb3834703284a3fb9cfaed288cbdf74f56e5daeb7

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

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:
4/23/2024 8:33:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140923

AVG
AdPlugin
2015.0.3342

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.MyWebSearch
4.0.3.14923

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
8.10786

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Toolbar_MyWebSearch
9/23/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of google_chrome_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
v2014.09.23.07

McAfee
Artemis!CA9B0CE2C45B
5600.6998

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.D
14.09.23.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.QuickDownloader.M
14.9.23.19

Sophos
Generic PUA CH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106
7.2.266

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
35156

File size:
809.4 KB (828,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Quick Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quick Downloader

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/11/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Quick Downloader, O=Quick Downloader, STREET="96 Jessie St, 4th Floor", L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0087CE63C7728E982ECA2980DCA8DDE091

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/21/2014 10:05:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2uR5EPHvTzifZumcynKfFfIrTVRL8SpX1c8y1MmG3ss23atdLEk3Fi:2f7zikNyKNmTESpFc8y2t3ss23axi

Entry address:
0x162E0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, EC, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, D4, B8, D4, 5E, 41, 00, E8, 12, 00, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, ED, 64, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, C0, 55, 68, 8B, 64, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 45, EC, 50, 8D, 45, D8, E8, BE, AF, FF, FF, 8B, 45, D8, 89, 45, DC, C6, 45, E0, 0B, 8D, 55, D4, B8, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, CF, AF, FF, FF, 8B, 45, D4, 89, 45, E4, C6, 45, E8, 0B, 8D, 55, DC, B9, 01, 00, 00, 00, B8, 04, 65, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8713

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
85.5 KB (87,552 bytes)

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

http://software.windownload.net/itunes_setup.exe

http://itunes.download-file.windownload.net/download/91/.../

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