java_setup.exe

Java Installer

DOWNLOADZONE

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 java_setup.exe, “Deploy Java along with various offers” by DOWNLOADZONE has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adlogica 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 the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
DOWNLOADZONE  (signed and verified)

Product:
Java Installer

Description:
Deploy Java along with various offers

Version:
7.45

MD5:
4e04a85046177a1032b49671c80b25be

SHA-1:
646d89e2b5baca24b4e4471cb850addf11ff81f1

SHA-256:
26c9eac85e205a79aeae26a953bc2b3c536b1421f239ff1eb4d8d0cf7454ba98

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/24/2024 10:24:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant)
9.9190

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
v2015.07.21.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.DOWNLOADZONE.Bundler (M)
15.7.21.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1213
7.2.202

File size:
1.3 MB (1,362,328 bytes)

Product version:
7.45

Copyright:
©DownloadZone

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/12/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DOWNLOADZONE, O=DOWNLOADZONE, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=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:
009B24C5AAB5A6D4FED7E156750E71003D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2013 7:17:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/9OSiCcFYIYdv+tDUwadbW5Q+mrR3e5xW/e+qeT8hSCWUD6/vkRTj1Wre:1iSKmrR3Xe+WQY6/qTjs

Entry address:
0x110400

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, A0, E9, 50, 00, E8, D4, 71, EF, FF, 8B, 0D, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 09, B2, 01, A1, 38, 3E, 4C, 00, E8, D0, F2, F4, FF, 8B, 15, 94, A6, 51, 00, 89, 02, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, D4, 8A, F5, FF, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 6E, A9, F5, FF, 8B, 0D, 78, A3, 51, 00, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, F0, 1D, 50, 00, E8, C6, 8A, F5, FF, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, F2, 8B, F5, FF, E8, 29, 4B, EF, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6684

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,111,552 bytes)

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