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setup.exe

Windows Installer XML

WeatherBug

While the file properties state the file is developed by 'Microsoft Corporation', this is not the case and it is designed just to look like a legitimate Microsoft system file. The application setup.exe, “Software Installer” by WeatherBug has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.earthnetworks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed by WeatherBug)

Product:
Windows Installer XML

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
3.5.2519.0

MD5:
f641b2e96022d635e227bcca13198b7e

SHA-1:
59e26fb74bf0c4b4b57253e02154416a4106ffe6

SHA-256:
2d4d39237f2d1b82158f0026dd0b15f53c351b5927f50e24e910cc6d06f8e3cb

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:29:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1417
9.0.1.0104

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.WeatherBug.F
14.3.16.13

File size:
5 MB (5,248,816 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.2519.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WeatherBug

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/29/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WeatherBug, OU=Consumer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WeatherBug, L=Gaithersburg, S=Maryland, 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:
6EC929230A6A4AC487B2FE40F8468FDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/19/2011 12:10:41 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:9SGQewQD7Dj1nn2s01u+Venn2s01u+VarusGO4Ghgd:gGBZDEcEADG/GhG

Entry address:
0x3C9B

Entry point:
E8, 1C, 17, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 33, DB, 39, 5D, 10, 75, 20, E8, 62, 27, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, EA, 26, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 83, C8, FF, E9, A1, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 0C, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, C3, 74, 21, 3B, F3, 75, 1D, E8, 33, 27, 00, 00, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, BB, 26, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 83, C8, FF, EB, 74, C7, 45, EC, 42, 00, 00, 00, 89, 75, E8, 89, 75, E0, 3D, FF, FF, FF, 3F, 76, 09, C7, 45, E4, FF, FF, FF...
 
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Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://downloads.earthnetworks.com/DesktopApp10/Installer/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

http://downloads.earthnetworks.com/7.0.0/Installer/7.0.0.12/.../WeatherBugSetup.exe

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