java_setup.exe

Web application

Download Expert

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application java_setup.exe, “Web application Setup ” by Download Expert 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 the free Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Dnldstr_Aggregator  (signed by Download Expert)

Product:
Web application

Description:
Web application Setup

Version:
6.0.44.32183

MD5:
06e3386805b8f8156419a1aaf898e7cf

SHA-1:
9201b28d0f7d80626fca63c201881d5d00bfb114

SHA-256:
707739e623ed143d9c6ea45feb1bfd5b5e50a87fc9f0c4c074e0352dfc42244b

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:
4/25/2024 12:19:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.9.22

File size:
779.6 KB (798,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/8/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Expert, O=Download Expert, STREET="1732 1st Ave #26525", L=New York, S=NY, PostalCode=10128, C=US

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

Serial number:
7C1978BE5B6B2A725229D28FC08FA2AC

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FquCO8cuopOJiUMFc5kS633lnNzowpMgIl9/aIMe2m:FqPpogiUM+5kS631Swj4N2m

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:
7.8865

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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