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kik setup.exe

Sic

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 kik setup.exe, “Sic 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.capitalvaultsbits.com.
Publisher:
Fepipam   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Sic

Description:
Sic Setup

MD5:
fd97f791ba0719440224eff4a2c66704

SHA-1:
eb0f0b671deb586628ead6845d057ab8635c23bf

SHA-256:
cb941c632ad8aaf728cd6891c844ac3e0f09eae31ac86b4b05671912c9c32c85

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:
5/5/2024 11:09:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.11.1

File size:
948.5 KB (971,264 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.8

Copyright:
Program File Lite

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\kik setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/31/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/1/2017 4:59:59 PM

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:
3A06E9DBD0206A134B76F68EF10A4949

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:XuiZjTjYco1wAmUk3pimBTNVXz4KMdmYw7gjr+Fk6xcJ4oBWY7:XPV9o1rC3kmBfj8mNC+FnxJo

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9339

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file kik setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.capitalvaultsbits.com/G7PZNDpc2VbzD7Tfv6cPeozrsVFyB87cqoE0RaalQW3W00Dv3DyVf9RUbxw_DueTkpXVPP2jfPWVjgUJ0mbPgjCyr8ue5mNJ zF _Rw72BfWAy3dcn5ehk4eogPn5QnkWiUiAnnOe FkaIkG5QSW_BV0KqR0sSs4u 1LOBRuNz 8CeHyoIF3He RkNxjue94 EhBw4FuE2lDYEzoVKHo_SGQYXplNVSC7qAWdVw583r_A lCUj76u0Uf8HFG_GdsyuCsnL3GUvxNwxWwnZZet5mzE07ie5A3S _Lg0N9r24E1Ie9bI55Jwr8cJg3Br83H52_A3_tXIhp_2xt6CinhhhRVr6rgFl9UfHx2qpI3weGtW9Y lRy0xG50B0z0bDLa58kUB1ra0rc_GkOnQod4kvMNMGrWhd45D3ja60HgwGcCiJNf _RytSQdxnz22zqWIGsSVrd1N2QPYJGtQzWFW2b_rmBD8ZXpxeqm63o5Mm32d3wzJ1zuPdDsQWICRDbBG6c70gx5CydjrtueUanl3m5WpR e1aLsDCIiOysD6iYkZJexrc=-GyoAAMRTFqMaBEy4HRxywP7tlAeJBxtj5wpK5BsTvzpcXulCNJ3j5gE=

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