setup.exe

TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application setup.exe, “Express Install ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cpadominator.com.
Publisher:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
21fe3754996fdb242386b44d40271ae2

SHA-1:
72f572a78d26575cea6fdbfcb1bcba6ec5dd11e4

SHA-256:
a42a8304ba8220d674a7281d4b8b62d884109d8a203e31dc349d9d8e6dcdbd64

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager bundles various adware components.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/8/2024 6:50:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
417

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
15.12.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.djc
7.11.141.180

avast!
IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-151215

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic
2016.0.2895

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
1.0.20.1745

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
18064

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1576, Adware.Downware.1554
9.0.1.0349

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
8.15.12.15.08

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
12/15/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-352b3331
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
11.2015-15-12_3

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
15.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TinyInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11684

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.968

Malwarebytes
v2015.12.15.08

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!A93FEF159410
5600.6551

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKDZ.23802
16.0.0.1047

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.cspzhi
0.28.0.59048

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1791272
14.04.11.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.12.15.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.EK4
12.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TINYINSTALLER.Installer (M)
15.12.15.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.151213

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.IBryte/Variant
9446

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.BYaFcbB
37.0.11409

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28115

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.119414
2.0.0.1773

File size:
1.7 MB (1,791,272 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

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:
6/2/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY INSTALLER, L=Wilmington, 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:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/1/2013 11:08:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:KfKpB7JuuWTFyeB/F6QaUd0iErLfARzmQBFEaBbXemNv:AIJuDFy4Z9sLoRzrFBbX5

Entry address:
0x360C5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, B8, DF, 5A, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 14, CC, 5A, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1362

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

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

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