setup.exe

Setup

Artua Vladislav

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions using the JustPlug.it browser framework. The application setup.exe by Artua Vladislav 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 WebPick InstalleRex installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from premiumsoft.info. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Premium  (signed by Artua Vladislav)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2011.10.10.1945

MD5:
43a4d6492acb258ca5b6518a518f2baf

SHA-1:
51989a2e238af76c3711bafd88588fb77f06d860

SHA-256:
a5a6f1d344c73dbf9546852cdc1fc55ae04f2b9d407a0c768d229cb0072ef98c

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 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:
5/8/2024 4:35:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.ArtuaVla.Bundler (M)
16.5.30.8

File size:
219.6 KB (224,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/14/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/14/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Artua Vladislav, O=Artua Vladislav, STREET=haRav Dangur 22, L=Bnei Braq, S=Israel, PostalCode=51281, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
302242B18FB354EA399140DBBA22B786

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2011 1:50:55 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:sxht5gvBOZbc5kAU4OkqFL0UOaLWQghzMZi1zNHVETQ:sxht5bo5kAU4OkqFL0UGPhgOdd

Entry address:
0x14AE

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 0A, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, DC, F5, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 00, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, EC, FD, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, B8, 33, 40, 00, E8, 77, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 04, 40, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, F7, 01, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 58, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 0F, 85, BC, 01, 00, 00, 81...
 
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Entropy:
7.9355

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.

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

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to c1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

 
http://c1.stylezip.info/?step_id=1&installer_id=184053424&publisher_id=840&source_id=0&page_id=0&country_code=US&locale=US&browser_id=4&download_id=552160272&external_id=0&session_id=1104320544&hardware_id=1288373968&installer_file_name=setup

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