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Adtrustmedia, LLC

The application setup.exe by Adtrustmedia has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com.
Publisher:
AdTrustMedia  (signed by Adtrustmedia, LLC)

Description:
Setup

Version:
4.0.27.0

MD5:
b8d1589ed8009aa364de8c7db67de117

SHA-1:
0c19f616e734d2a80c45b60991794891f89f0688

SHA-256:
1d35eb430133b74af9e9bd1913a5567ba4aff00d2ca51552084257553ed5aeb6

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Displays advertising 'Trusted Advertisements' in the user's web browser in pages that normally would not show ads. Ads from AdTrustMedia are indicated by "AT-M Ad" displayed on the bottom right of the advertisement.

Analysis date:
7/21/2025 12:11:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Adtrustmedia
15.5.29.9

VIPRE Antivirus
AdTrustMedia
40200

File size:
18 MB (18,855,552 bytes)

Product version:
4.0.27.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Adtrust-Media, LLC. 2012-2015. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Engleski (Sjedinjene Države)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Adtrustmedia, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/19/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/1/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Adtrustmedia, LLC", O="Adtrustmedia, LLC", STREET="41 Watchung Plaza \#330", L=Montclair, S=New Jersey, PostalCode=07042, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
55A8A637287BFE69A0D09B9FA473C126

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/13/2015 3:38:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:1LvCQRgOaISulMKpJTkIm3JkS9/D178whg0L0W/SR+OzHb5pD7Yl:1LqwpLBAxt9/D1788/L0ASR+Oz75pS

Entry address:
0x5E85

Entry point:
E8, FC, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 60, 26, 5C, 01, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 24, 19, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 00, 60, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, 14...
 
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Code size:
41.5 KB (42,496 bytes)

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

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/33/72/.../setup.exe

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