setup.exe

INSTALL THIS

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL THIS has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.oinstaller5.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL THIS)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
6da03d5b850432860c83f1aca8e7de6e

SHA-1:
694ae87376efb31ecfc39ad931ea903e093ca04a

SHA-256:
e1ecba2271c4f8d8396cdd9524ed2c4bd33f0ce76730cb348082b9c649b6c524

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
4/26/2024 7:33:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
939

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
14.07.11

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DJ [PUP]
2014.9-140711

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3417

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
1.0.20.960

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7481
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28218
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145314
8.14.07.11.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AN application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-11-07_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3580

Malwarebytes
v2014.07.11.01

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C
5600.7073

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
15.0.0.576

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.11.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLTHIS.F
14.7.11.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14709

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
240.8 KB (246,560 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL THIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL THIS, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
022C6886F5C72FEED25746F4AC3BA8CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/10/2014 1:00:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:6O+JHWHQN1FrYQ1GpyBy8La5/1HkyxyfJisHcvSAm25v6lpsOWc:noWHQjBh1GsByMs5xbm8Qps2

Entry address:
0x10311

Entry point:
E8, 96, 36, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 78, 92, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, 90, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.1253

Code size:
158 KB (161,792 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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