setup.exe

Neon Alchemist Station

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application setup.exe by Neon Alchemist Station 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.funmoods.com. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Neon Alchemist Station  (signed and verified)

Description:
Gfgkljtggyg

Version:
7.13.9.21

MD5:
9be0c086e915bcd5fef30150bb2e3692

SHA-1:
537574c54dd19b4b36adefa495da2dd02c44b4f7

SHA-256:
6e8aa5b8833d90347cff4801fedfe6df6a3318dc5e23b322148a01af07888644

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:12:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NeonAlchemistStation.F
14.10.12.21

File size:
11.6 MB (12,120,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Neon Alchemist Station, O=Neon Alchemist Station, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

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

Serial number:
4682924DB7F76F78C4C54215DBB9CE75

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 8:54:38 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:189FaD19vnC1tlZ76wrTmDH+eJJcYcUisRMkVAKfwuweQFjN6OECHM3XA5qlvAQ:186rnCLlZ3nmDewJAsRMkV9frw7jN6l1

Entry address:
0x4101

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, B3, 7C, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, B4, 7C, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, B4, 7C, 00, 56, A3, 6C, 23, 7C, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 3B, 00, 00, A3, C8, 23, 7C, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, A9, B2, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, B4, 7C, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, AA, B2, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994  (probably packed)

Code size:
32.5 KB (33,280 bytes)

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

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