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setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe by Premium Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bf6e4902289254ae98266d153966ac4c

SHA-1:
108d28b2bd0d75660e311901f5851bea4d9f9c84

SHA-256:
6ec221b70808f9d2e8fb1a4ef20015e640ff30f45dacd8c3e3fc6521a4f300f0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:56:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.PremiumInstaller.Installer (M)
16.1.29.10

File size:
1 MB (1,093,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2012 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2013 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
706520EBEF7703A74B71E96735FFEA17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2013 1:15:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1x5IWWnLNTeoR23RY4TrD1/sBHxCu0iF4pOaCgi5CICjNG6:ZI5nLNTN2BY4TrD1/sTCuVuOaCgi5CIe

Entry address:
0x9138

Entry point:
E8, FB, 92, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 10, A2, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, A1, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, EC, 89, 00, 00, 59, E8, 50, 94, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, A1, 96, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, A1, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.9391

Code size:
142.5 KB (145,920 bytes)

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