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setup.exe

Installer

Application Generic

The application setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloaddabs.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Application Generic

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
ff948a12e06765ae3ec6e360ca54609a

SHA-1:
7458d007758b7c3dae829ccb63298548bd5fe35a

SHA-256:
2927819bec53be78a56c9e14dbe608e4edd5988a6f0ad2fa53019c69c488facc

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
5/4/2024 5:38:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ACZ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.12322

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2015.10.10.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M)
15.10.10.17

File size:
505.1 KB (517,259 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.6

Copyright:
Program Internet Generic

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CueGq+i0T998RkK5ExIp4AYhBiA5lKhC2Iqjzva6WXd55yGMB:Cue7+799Y354zhBD5sItq

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9235

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://cdn.downloaddabs.com/.../setup.exe

http://az804736.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

http://get.0123f.info/.../1427352258/1427352258?11836415091ZmRsMys7bzg3Ki8xJVw6LDA0LzMdazwwLjYuIm04MR1jMDwpMy8vNyFjY2hiamFhNy40MjMnNDYwKTYgZWJqbjQxJXlhbTcuJV5sNGZkcyw0

http://az804735.vo.msecnd.net/.../Setup.exe

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