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setup.exe

Parallel Lines Development, LLC

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Parallel Lines Development has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.webshieldonline.com.
Publisher:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b6ee7b2a9f090f4ade2a42441288fb3c

SHA-1:
5a5d5bea326c4e5cf4906e91e96cd36c02f21b0e

SHA-256:
17e6a92a909702f4facd9c93ce0c6ed2491f1df62d244b31cfe10e2b0d433818

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:39:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.174.252

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140928

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.BBN
2014.0.4025

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19644

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.128
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13504

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A
v2014.09.28.10

McAfee
Artemis!E1A777A98AC3
5600.6994

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.cymwjj
0.28.2.62286

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ParallelLinesDevelopment.F
14.9.28.10

Sophos
Generic PUA LL
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4872425
33120

File size:
2.8 MB (2,933,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Parallel Lines Development, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/5/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/6/2014 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
064A26D7B85E090E11BEBC6B460594A8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/7/2009 5:41:59 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wdNrGYOE7+qkczbMeF78aXPtJLS4OwpnlrEi012QJoQzPPeVac:yriECfejXFxZdllrEi0UpQDeVJ

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9566

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://d.webshieldonline.com/WebShield/81401/.../Setup.exe

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