setup.exe

Interesting Solutions

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Interesting Solutions 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from e46m3.vanoshield.com.
Publisher:
Interesting Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
563b4275b4d283cda470128222a5b5ad

SHA-1:
1c07f1049af8aac85979d008b982cdc113b2c354

SHA-256:
57adcc05d0113843f9c37649b144446c622a089af4427824f480e2ad5672255d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 2:33:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.Interest.Installer (M)
16.4.7.14

File size:
4.5 MB (4,741,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\twycashgsw\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/18/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/19/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Interesting Solutions, O=Interesting Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
65BAC0C20EBC1780150DDA8808B0161A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 3:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:YBj0MAOH8yXWTS5T5gh7rNFW5m4Kow9OPO/mWNMxtX:YBj0MAOH82p7gh7rNw55KoJCNMxV

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9828

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 URL.

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security