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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5.100

MD5:
3352a7aa8de891314c67c19e49cadf5e

SHA-1:
5534bc043d1161bfb10d72dd1e5e2954dd36bb15

SHA-256:
a622a6e30bdac693e4d1e286977c41826d70f35bc657ae1b2084ef503cc0e3c8

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:
4/20/2024 1:01:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti (M)
17.1.24.12

File size:
249.6 KB (255,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.100

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 6:59:59 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:
65D958D8BB65D4B474DD2C27E4483253

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/28/2015 5:59:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x1697A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 93, 97, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9754  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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