setup.exe

Bundlore Ltd

This is the Bundlore download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Bundlore 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 Bundlore Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloadcodex.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
43cdd31bd9ffc51191a27e79b6469b0a

SHA-1:
259ca8310814d9295a6e5b5f6e831dbc9693688e

SHA-256:
17429f794fcbaa0138bf00bbdd656849433f5b417b165e4d306146514927138b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/23/2024 2:01:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
15.12.27.9

File size:
341.7 KB (349,944 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/7/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/7/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Ltd, O=Bundlore Ltd, STREET=Ahad AhAm 21, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6515103, C=IL

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

Serial number:
2B4EA37F3705B7372B8ACBBA6F2CB424

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2014 5:12:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QlynrSDu65eJ/Lbii5bkgVuN+xSKV7Wkrsf7Lsh7WatCNqpsehUyijr:Ql166cXikbkgaISKVgat9vBijr

Entry address:
0x537F

Entry point:
E8, 48, 48, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 28, C3, 41, 00, E8, CB, 1D, 00, 00, E8, 28, 2F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, DB, 47, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 9A, 3F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8518

Code size:
81 KB (82,944 bytes)

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

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