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setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloaddeed.com.
MD5:
cf7a5538634a299781f35540751d3b36

SHA-1:
04f4f438c8e97b8a2be102d3766325cc0259d715

SHA-256:
db47db3d77212fbe4f4b254728dfc44726943a83597fcc46d7d55a32192a047b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 6:57:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize.Bundler (M)
16.8.1.10

File size:
379 KB (388,096 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2015 6:05:23 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:jpklWqecjcbg7h6RxsdOrIAOKAOS6LVvnfKsfsu6VDblPLR135Qeq:j+lGxsdOrIQ7vn5sfhlPueq

Entry address:
0x8DCD

Entry point:
E8, 16, 5B, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 9C, 43, 00, E8, 4D, 48, 00, 00, E8, E7, 5C, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, A9, 5A, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 12, 43, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.9436

Code size:
161.5 KB (165,376 bytes)

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

http://cdn.downloaddeed.com/download/.../?software=MediaDownloader&name=Setup.exe&no_cache=6bdc3b267acc7a31ac59122d87a5488f792e7e6f77d832

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