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kobosetup.exe

Kobo Inc.

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.kobobooks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Kobo Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d3596e49416442d13fe99bb4206cc1b2

SHA-1:
fd5be8cc0c686f9f31e5bca5d488e474193d5ebb

SHA-256:
dc6830e3e60ba6e14954eee8cc7cdf646d88a346b872711504e63df7f17b0861

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Clean  (2 possible false positive detections)

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 4:53:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Linkury
16.3.30.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.MultiPlug!6.1EC1
23.00.65.15501

File size:
56.2 MB (58,968,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\kobo\kobo desktop edition\kobosetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Kobo Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/13/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/23/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Kobo Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Kobo Inc., L=Toronto, S=Ontario, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7802ACC912141DCC1231D55AACCD46A2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/9/2014 6:35:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1572864:tVRqhPvmkdd30/4AdfFcI9S02LDLwYNy4lYbwz/:RqhddC/4AJFj9SRLDLwL4lYbw7

Entry address:
0x3459

Entry point:
81, EC, CC, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, DB, 5E, 89, 5C, 24, 10, BF, D8, 84, 40, 00, 8B, EB, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, A8, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, 40, 4A, 43, 00, E8, 90, 2C, 00, 00, 53, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 39, 43, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 30, 50, 53, 68, 60, 85, 40, 00, FF, 15, 78, 81, 40, 00, 68, 64, 85, 40, 00, 68, E0, 39, 43, 00, E8, 58, 2E, 00, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 80, 40, 00, 50, 68, 00, F0, 43, 00, E8, 47, 2E, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

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

http://download.kobobooks.com/desktop/.../kobosetup.exe

https://kbdownload1-a.akamaihd.net/desktop/.../kobosetup.exe

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