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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6.142

MD5:
4ffe4386d9b27f55eaffa57795ee9a7f

SHA-1:
7d5831c7a0763695f6cca5b543593fcec7cb6813

SHA-256:
d9773417572adb7ee699a89de43cc0caf29d643d49cf2eae314fc6255d4fa6c0

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.

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:
4/26/2024 9:47:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.IgnitionInstaller.Installer (M)
16.1.21.3

File size:
249.1 KB (255,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6.142

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
65D958D8BB65D4B474DD2C27E4483253

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2015 1:51:29 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:4TVLKP8t/Su6VwCO4qEqGdacXR7v89lS7XUAd7jw+4BdOoSaV:cVLQb5o445MjUAZtoSaV

Entry address:
0x169510

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 0B, 95, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

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