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Dingo Baby Co

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Dingo Baby Co 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager105.com.
Publisher:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer  (signed by Dingo Baby Co)

Product:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer

Version:
60.6.6.1765

MD5:
46f98f16f315ffb5c33e4d01cfab0fee

SHA-1:
0242aef63bf616c7a22d3cda9e4bd25671f9e7fd

SHA-256:
4dc5f8d76ce40c4c3320133cca583b8c320f9c3cd6546329347c0fe16542c683

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 8:19:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.10.2.16

File size:
756.8 KB (774,936 bytes)

Product version:
60.6.6.1765

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dingo Baby Co

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/6/2015 1:58:46 AM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 10:46:54 PM

Subject:
CN=Dingo Baby Co, O=Dingo Baby Co, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
3A27FC8F7C78B1E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2014 1:45:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9VepajkAGKIHZW2yBFGnk7d5qddMWFvW2LPp1tFChspvmtREjCT1:GzOyIFG+5qddDhH3oVLEjCT1

Entry address:
0x1EFBE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager105.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191729&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=Fwint_Informer_Informer_adsrep300X250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=FR&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=746603266&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=ke7xtgxhsu5ifa2aijpprhcxgbhxoywo&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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