setup.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 42 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download1291bucket.com.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
093cadc5811c910d497267dca6013c6d

SHA-1:
8ae5680a1ca9fc73d4ea74f452ef54367f3851cd

SHA-256:
c99c53408c1c7244a42bdf125593a0645e84859542379d2424b5c0179cc9e329

Scanner detections:
42 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

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:
4/30/2024 12:45:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.466534
5769277

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Kazy.439479.2
7.11.169.156

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
150423-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AFL
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.15429

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
1.0.20.595

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-592
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19325

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31138
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.466534
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BL application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
4/29/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.29.6

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11711

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GigaClicks.A
v2015.04.29.05

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6781

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.439479
16.0.0.357

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.29.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Adknowledge.Bundler
15.4.29.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.15427

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Inject-CEE'
5.13

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9907

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.IQAFGOD
37.0.11237

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.119

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.29

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
256.4 KB (262,520 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion 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:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/6/2014 1:00:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9A2Dl120ymMU2uMossOsrmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslHA1:G2DlY2M5utTDkbJqL3J7HgGsC1

Entry address:
0x13B9F

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 61, 41, 00, 68, 09, 3C, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, B0, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 4A, 37, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1736

Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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

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