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Setup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application Setup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. 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 download.tweaks-soft.com.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3c585afc7185098b6d4cb112c4e5daf2

SHA-1:
966b1c8353b8990237e0fcf2f715cfc71ce1d7f4

SHA-256:
bbe55ba0c5b3a02ba65f402e13569b81ef472f6a23ef4bd86e959cf57042cefc

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/26/2024 5:21:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0103

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.F
14.4.13.4

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28212

File size:
2.1 MB (2,188,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2014 2:47:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:c2r4+LTmO/mSzJ+1IWIU9QX2SrpuknltEJNIqtkyvuae3G+lsoR:cC+O/hwPvgrpHyJtkyvutL

Entry address:
0x372F

Entry point:
E8, 53, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, F4, D1, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, D0, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 20, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 20, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 20, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 20, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9006  (probably packed)

Code size:
45 KB (46,080 bytes)

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

http://download.tweaks-soft.com/download.php?br=3&pio=137&uid=0001046a8d6589b554970b6cbc0a11406c2d1

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