setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer 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 Ignition Installer has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from b.juiceknowledge.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6acd6b5990de524df1f87bc7f2cfb947

SHA-1:
63e6ddf9825441ecf5042eeffcc15ccf7ed610c8

SHA-256:
d82ca599bf289a3686fd4bfa4f4f7355e79f4a5bf89b3d8851a3143b5a054c85

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 4:34:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1758
9.0.1.0100

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Verti (variant)
8.9564

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Ignition.A
v2014.04.10.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.IgnitionInstaller.F
14.8.8.0

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_BHO
7.2.100

Trend Micro
ADW_BHO
10.465.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Ignition Installer
27560

File size:
224.8 KB (230,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, 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:
1FD055D1404C62D90F067E086F0FADAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2013 3:10:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pFaym9jH9Wd6Zr13TZ7zJfOwhF54LiYewW0A5M4:Nm9p1Zv7scz4L3DCM4

Entry address:
0x30DC

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 90, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 78, 6F, 44, 00, E8, 73, 2D, 00, 00, A3, C4, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 80, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 80, 91, 40, 00, 68, C0, 2E, 44, 00, E8, 1D, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 1C, 71, 40, 00, BD, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 55, E8, 0B, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
7.8085

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

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