setup-1.2.exe

WhiteSmoke Inc

The application setup-1.2.exe by WhiteSmoke Inc has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.liveistream.tv.
Publisher:
WhiteSmoke Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e0b4e8af1fd989c7a81cb99f79d05abb

SHA-1:
283101aa6cf8c63cddd1c7a1bd0af9d65abac41e

SHA-256:
dce9c54cf53050ffda4d1108e0fb97272ae299699d9fc6ccf94998d077f21913

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:25:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.177.172

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
19774

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected.F trojan
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-dbe1ec51
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
Backdoor.Backdoor.Win32.Hupigon
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WhiteSmoke.I
14.10.11.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
33706

File size:
692.6 KB (709,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup-1.2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/6/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WhiteSmoke Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WhiteSmoke Inc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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:
55439B87CB55E81147C072F06F4F77EF

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):
12288:2pnvpwWH6u7jkrDncNY4CgCbb9nsQwN2FELPQbCT4kAGa5XNvRY:2pnvyWEci4Cpbb9nsVNiEjU6nfa7vRY

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.7830

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup-1.2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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