home

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 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Blueis  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1cb11f63592e6ceb59db11ea47b178d4

SHA-1:
5b7188e432f1bad6591450d4d525a7588807e700

SHA-256:
bffe0d42a98664c638c1b512d2c90826eac64e19160a83125f96b7d66bad9150

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
5/1/2024 12:19:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:DownloadAdmin-H [PUP]
2014.9-150427

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3126

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin
0.98/20384

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.DAGL
21912

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.27
9.0.1.0117

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.I potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11539

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(3).exe (Adware)
2015.7.27.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15720

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.XPACK.dprfbr
0.30.20.1219

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tightrope.Bundler
15.4.27.8

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.TNECKHC
37.1.62.1

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39676

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.239245
2.0.0.2155

File size:
653.5 KB (669,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blueis

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
58AC2B1B2E1E80F003ECEE0F41F4124A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 1:35:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qKCFG+pl1Hp7p4ZkuRt4Zh3UdOxouSdWE7uglrB/jmN7Trkfcn+z/j8:q3Xxp4Zkuf47kdtdZ7uC/jmlrDn+z/j8

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9728

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.