setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer 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 Ignition Installer has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ads.adtrace.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5a74943fdc8a3cbfb966320d61efb890

SHA-1:
47983714d3d4ba5dcaa058ad2e0a295c6d0e7bce

SHA-256:
f183731738fdb1aabb788e0ad16d6aaf27650051f99caa507b42d162c0ed2e69

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:03:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2039
9.0.1.061

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PremiumApps.A
v2014.03.02.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.IgnitionInstaller.F
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0114
7.2.61

VIPRE Antivirus
Ignition Installer
26088

File size:
143.5 KB (146,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/12/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/9/2014 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
1FD055D1404C62D90F067E086F0FADAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2013 12:10:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:M/+CTZKejXJeE/GlKt1SixE8xKNSIy5Bj6ohi/kpkoLT:MdTvLPSixP0eDhi/iLT

Entry address:
0x324D

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 8B, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, 35, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 55, E8, 23, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.6295

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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