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setup.exe

Fantastic Tech

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 Fantastic Tech 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from try.bestvideoconverterapp.com.
Publisher:
Fantastic Tech  (signed and verified)

MD5:
857850d82b032e1901dbb97a30fe2e99

SHA-1:
96fe091c3590919717f58d34fcfc06a27bf33962

SHA-256:
fc94e3611a7381be77920c57362859cda84761f35c60b21cdba958b76bc1bd8c

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
6/26/2025 4:14:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.Fantasti.Installer (M)
16.7.3.15

File size:
4.5 MB (4,727,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fantastic Tech

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/30/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/30/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fantastic Tech, O=Fantastic Tech, L=St. Michael, S=St. Michael, C=BB

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

Serial number:
1C671B855532F80010EB70036D50FC34

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 11:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vQ+CBRU1aUu9x4TJbQ6TYisiq9fPFwNj3+lxam35e5TNMxtD:vQ7BRAatx4TNZJ2lPQAxa+5e5TNMxd

Entry address:
0x30FA

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, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9877

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://try.bestvideoconverterapp.com/free/clkg/http/d.bestvideoconverterapp.com/BestVideoConverter/239101/.../Setup.exe

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