home

setup.exe

Savings Apps

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application setup.exe by Savings Apps 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.theappsrvr.com.
Publisher:
Savings Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4e760595efd8075783b7db762df3f53d

SHA-1:
61f27b1c435f32b3fe62d453b5189831422902d6

SHA-256:
94699a3163bd17420307ae2b042067bf5acbdceb3720856350c18e0927e3b4b5

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 3:30:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.SavingsA.Installer (M)
16.6.24.19

File size:
167.9 KB (171,920 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:
Savings Apps

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/17/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/18/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Savings Apps, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Savings Apps, L=New Castle, S=Delaware, 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:
309F1A00318C3937D71BEA69C92A0738

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:NgXdZt9P6D3XJl8rB2MBx2BGhNZWX9AdhRVPN9wjZSfKKWe0Sua4fq6:Ne34D8rB2MBeK3wmhRLUSLx0St4f3

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.5093

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://download.theappsrvr.com/?nm=01sgavb2krx7at&s=Chrome&SessionToken=31109f29dc504e238491d886a18109ae

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.