setup.exe

Safe Down

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 40 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.11-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
3dc25376fa85214876fa42444ce891c1

SHA-1:
10658779e1346272814333b7df7591d37469eb13

SHA-256:
47644e92fae8b215deeb1be4156070ce56b76156d75d18ab5539ba59d31620c4

Scanner detections:
40 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:06:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
5830612

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.173.22

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141119-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.BSY
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.141124

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.1640

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-5357
0.98/19505

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19547

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.40640
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BQ application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
11/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.11.24.12

McAfee
IBryte-FRK
5600.6937

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
15.0.0.984

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.desauy
0.28.2.61942

Norman
IBryte.STR
11.20141124

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.84848.B
14.10.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.24.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeDown.F
14.11.24.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.141122

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10219

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.SJeYPVB
37.0.11295

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.328

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.24

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1985
2.0.0.1937

File size:
78.9 KB (80,752 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2014 12:00:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:6QhMZp0tdmrlSBhTqyi88vHEJMHJYM5wOetW3eUZjwyDOJJudo8I:6zZ2tbhFifEhDOO6P9RI

Entry address:
0x60A1

Entry point:
E8, 42, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, F4, 71, 40, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, A4, 40, 00, E8, B2, 00, 00, 00, FF, 35, 34, D4, 40, 00, 8B, 35, D4, 71, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 89, 45, E4, 83, F8, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, FF, 15, D0, 71, 40, 00, 59, EB, 67, 6A, 08, E8, A2, 05, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 35, 34, D4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 89, 45, E4, FF, 35, 30, D4, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 59, 89, 45, E0, 8D, 45, E0, 50, 8D, 45, E4, 50, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 35, BC, 71, 40, 00, FF, D6, 59, 50, E8, 65, 05, 00, 00, 89, 45...
 
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Entropy:
5.8091

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

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