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Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall 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 Blueis 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager106.com.
Publisher:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer  (signed by Blueis)

Product:
Secure Lightspeed System Installer

Version:
10.1.6.4902

MD5:
d1a6f2219058fb037c27eb2de6440195

SHA-1:
7e30b733fb513467a183d032132f52d416d0db24

SHA-256:
6aff5f0f65e68629bef8364c57b69ac1717654cddf7f51e3e212da75336e3ef8

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/6/2024 2:41:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Blueis.Bundler (M)
16.3.29.23

File size:
866.9 KB (887,680 bytes)

Product version:
10.1.6.4902

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Blueis

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/15/2015 5:46:38 PM

Valid to:
9/15/2016 5:46:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
3F681AB952294DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 6:48:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:tJxyz17m0hpabeol11wK9XlmrW/3xKmwGFAMeHBXlCkFXUMDGsLVAau2/+3432:tmtDSbxlNVgW/33wGYBXlrFXDFhOoRm

Entry address:
0x4AD3

Entry point:
E8, 98, 8D, 00, 00, E9, A4, 86, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, 6C, 24, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, ED, 76, 69, 53, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 1C, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 8A, 04, 1F, 0F, B6, C8, 80, B9, F8, 49, 41, 00, 00, 75, 1E, 8D, 96, 0C, 02, 00, 00, 39, 16, 72, 09, 56, E8, F1, 12, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 8B, 06, 8A, 0C, 1F, 88, 08, FF, 06, EB, 0A, 56, 50, E8, 3C, E4, FF, FF, 83, C4, 08, 47, 3B, FD, 72, C4, 85, ED, 76, 0E, 68, 9C, FF, 40, 00, 56, E8, B5, 11, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 5E, 5B, 5F, 33, C0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager106.com/download/.../dl?bc=1194693&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=informer_fwint_dnld300x250usdisplay&c=informer_fwint&country=US&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=1806587559&filename=Setup.exe&productKey=mxuw6okbvc5pw4zvy4vrw5bedmku6qda&zTmp=1&executable=1195487

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