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setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1uj1xfisdhm8k.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
1def063efa2e6146a0a1b1643178c0d5

SHA-1:
077e47705743950acf1370725f8f48c1a7443e42

SHA-256:
a10a1abdfc28cea9d6cedfe0a598c7c0decebf6c8aa2374284ee2ec6193b8287

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
May modify the web browser's settings including changing the homepage and search provider in addition to delivering ads (by injecting banner and text-links directly in the webpage).

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 3:51:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-Trojan/Agent2.M.970480
2014.06.05

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Gochad.A
7.11.153.48

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140605

AVG
SmartShopper.G
2015.0.3452

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.CrossRider
4.0.3.1465

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.88
9.0.1.0156

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider (variant)
8.9895

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/SPNR.28BD13!tr
6/5/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.1712305

McAfee
RDN/Generic PUP.x!bcd
5600.7108

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/Gochad
1.10600

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Plugin.cqzpgj
0.28.0.60100

Quick Heal
Trojan.ZAgent.r5
6.14.14.00

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.148F2C59!344927321
23.00.65.14603

Sophos
Generic PUA AH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.28BD13
7.2.156

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.28BD13
10.465.05

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29942

File size:
947.7 KB (970,480 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 2:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MK5CNcxMxAVyn59V2ow+qeMVgRy5nL1ZI4QO:ticxGAVOcfmKgRy9pm43

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4712

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 12 URLs.

http://d1uj1xfisdhm8k.cloudfront.net/setup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/Nero_ContentPack-12.0.00400.exe

http://d39vkpywf792ox.cloudfront.net/setup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/Setup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/MyTopFreeGamesSetup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/SkypeSetupFull.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/TelevisionFanaticCrxSetup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/racers-vs-police-downloader.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/UnityWebPlayer.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/AdobeDownloadAssistant.exe

http://d2edkl2q2ralxb.cloudfront.net/setup.exe

http://dhc71ceinj9qi.cloudfront.net/rcpsetup_ad_7155_ad_7155.exe

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