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setup.exe

Lior Sela

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application setup.exe, “Installer for SoftSafe” by Lior Sela has been detected as adware by 34 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma) installer. The setup program uses Web-Pick's InstalleRex download manager and installer to bundle potentially unwanted ad-supported software which includes toolbars and browser extensions through a pay-per-install monetization scheme.
Publisher:
SoftSafe  (signed by Lior Sela)

Product:
SoftSafe

Description:
Installer for SoftSafe

Version:
2013.4.21.1505

MD5:
bbed3c471d40183aff68fd86f6310070

SHA-1:
1ca20ff4cfd50c120edefd711a055d926e4f25ed

SHA-256:
552cb66109d9c66a359ce0ef07e1f80ed08194887f7b61c634eaeee25c1c2f83

Scanner detections:
34 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstalleRex from WebPick Internet Holdings to install bundled add-ons including toolbars and other web browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:54:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.904568
949

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.XPACK
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.StartPage
14.07.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallRex.Gen
7.11.141.156

avast!
Win32:InstalleRex-Q [PUP]
2014.9-140701

AVG
MalSign.Skodna.Pick
2015.0.3427

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.904568
1.0.20.910

Bkav FE
HW32.CDB
1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6699
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstalleRex.KG
18059

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1166
9.0.1.0182

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.904568
8.14.07.01.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstalleRex
8.9639

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstalleRex
7/1/2014

F-Prot
W32/AdInstall.D.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.904568
11.2014-01-07_3

G Data
Adware.Generic.904568
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of sherlock season 2 episode 3.exe (Adware)
2014.8.31.14

IKARUS anti.virus
PUP.InstallRex
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12041

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3629

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.904568
15.0.0.546

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.crfiku
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Agent.291688
14.04.06.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/TSUploader
14.07.01.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Trojan.AntiFW.B5
7.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.WebPick.Installer.F
14.8.7.21

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallRex!1.9E4C
23.00.65.14629

Sophos
InstallRex
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.InstalleRex/Variant
10511

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.AdLoad
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Installerex/WebPick
28082

Zillya! Antivirus
Dropper.Agent.Win32.132170
2.0.0.1778

File size:
284.8 KB (291,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 SoftSafe

Original file name:
TSULoader.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex (Tarma)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Lior Sela

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Lior Sela, O=Lior Sela, STREET=Moshe Sharet 46, L=Beer Sheva, S=Beer Sheva, PostalCode=84786, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D39C56B89258E40E737B2AEDA8D3D3E5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2013 10:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XrkT6Y0JQBkQRl7174NpNUM+UHs+CpgOUaNo8187yAMiC50RjBtC7QIP:XrkT63yRl1uqM+gs+zOUad87f2gjDuQ2

Entry address:
0x14DB

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 2C, 06, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 66, 89, 9D, DC, FB, FF, FF, 89, 5D, F4, 89, 5D, FC, FF, 15, 74, 30, 40, 00, A3, 08, 44, 40, 00, FF, 15, 70, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 45, EC, 50, FF, 15, 6C, 30, 40, 00, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, F7, D6, 33, F7, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 33, F0, 8B, 45, F0, 33, 45, EC, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 33, F0, 8D, 85, D4, F9, FF, FF, 50, 53, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 41, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 1A, 68, A8, 32, 40, 00, E8, 43, FB, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 bytes)

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

http://storebox3.info/.../?installer_file_name=setup&affiliate_id=1_exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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