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setup.exe

Rational Thought Solutions

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup.exe by Rational Thought Solutions has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from eldduc69.dfiyed.com.
Publisher:
Rational Thought Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a7617f3326d6d7d8cd64b37ed10b63de

SHA-1:
8c82c3eee0c1ccd4c7f62acf69247fd183f49a38

SHA-256:
8c7a78da8746b7d1c75e1bce4b99c93c44f6f61eb963403abcfabf1c987866d6

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 1:33:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.1159316
604

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

AVG
Generic_r
2016.0.3082

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate
4.0.3.15610

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.1159316
1.0.20.805

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21759

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.68
9.0.1.0161

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate
9.11468

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
6/10/2015

F-Secure
Application.Generic.1159316
11.2015-10-06_4

G Data
Application.Generic.1159316
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.202.15582

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.HealthAlert.A
v2015.06.10.06

McAfee
Artemis!A7617F3326D6
5600.6738

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.1159316
16.0.0.483

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.PullUpdate.dmgkwr
0.30.16.1110

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD6
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.Installer
15.6.10.18

Sophos
Generic PUA HO
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047C0ECM15
7.2.161

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R047C0ECM15
10.465.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
39324

File size:
4.3 MB (4,470,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Rational Thought Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/23/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Rational Thought Solutions, O=Rational Thought Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
00B81C1C4DB6AD87B9B581116F115E4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:kOTcVpll176DBd26Mh6KzcOS+WvnFSAPg1jLQsuzll17b:Fup31e1cL6KGnUQtz313

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9848

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://eldduc69.dfiyed.com/ha/.../Setup.exe

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