setup.exe

Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall 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 Blueis 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Skilled Tomorrow Install System  (signed by Blueis)

Product:
Skilled Tomorrow Install System

Version:
60.0.7.6414

MD5:
1b4a1f510352e533236d08979f8622f6

SHA-1:
5584eac39cafaadbf0b17d1b28eddbf1e8796a64

SHA-256:
e6c54e003d1e73082b7a5f2d30d3083142ec8d3de7b7ea922f91ebe0c36383d9

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:31:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.3.5.12

File size:
869 KB (889,808 bytes)

Product version:
60.0.7.6414

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2015 5:46:38 AM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 5:46:38 AM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
3F681AB952294DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/14/2014 4:05:46 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x4B88

Entry point:
E8, 83, 8D, 00, 00, E9, 87, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, B8, 4C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 71, 59, 00, 00, A1, 44, 36, 41, 00, 50, 57, E8, C5, 27, 00, 00, B8, 7C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 5B, 59, 00, 00, 8B, 0D, FC, 35, 41, 00, 51, 6A, FE, 57, E8, DC, 29, 00, 00, 8B, 15, F4, 35, 41, 00, 52, 57, E8, 9F, 27, 00, 00, B8, 8C, 36, 41, 00, E8, 35, 59, 00, 00, A1, FC, 35, 41, 00, 50, 6A, FE, 57, E8, B7, 29, 00, 00, 6A, FD, 57, E8, 1F, 26, 00, 00, 83, C4, 30, B8, 01, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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