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setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 22 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.cdntrolatunt.com.
MD5:
7d9337de312ede0f4161dc812493af05

SHA-1:
2abf9f804cd1f95f626a74bf0c1dad858e36f856

SHA-256:
897346deb86b2c80b114eb02adea82961edaed1e86a5c60141cb4a3f39d67973

Scanner detections:
22 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/1/2024 10:15:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
366

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.153.220

AVG
BrowseFox
2017.0.2844

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
1.0.20.175

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.17
9.0.1.035

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
8.16.02.04.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
10.9909

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
2/4/2016

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
11.2016-04-02_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.714

McAfee
Artemis!7D9337DE312E
5600.6500

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
17.0.0.105

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.crkvek
0.28.0.60100

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
16.02.04.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.2.4.3

Sophos
Generic PUA NM
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9345

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.D1ECB54C
7.2.35

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
30048

File size:
830.9 KB (850,824 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ICO2nb1s15AB/G/8+Tk5Lhew9GumfYwR+Q++/v13uX047pDHMjnb1s15Ass/G/8V:Iinb6F8+TAhDRiYwR+Q+vkGpDGnb6l8V

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://install-cdn.cdntrolatunt.com/setup.exe

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