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Spiral Media

The application setup.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn1.drivereco.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Spiral Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spiral Media

Version:
78.6.1.397

MD5:
0786c97b85ac357ff89981b461eac27b

SHA-1:
99423a4088c47ac483e21b7854d16a572c9c5049

SHA-256:
794fa2892466aed376ef5a4a4fd14a0747485c7d9b3ef800cd9daa084d657c60

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 1:07:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMe.Bundler (M)
16.3.22.6

File size:
871.1 KB (892,032 bytes)

Product version:
78.6.1.397

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/21/2015 12:46:38 AM

Valid to:
10/14/2016 2:17:39 AM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, 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:
028EC22ABAD314A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 12:09:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Crt1YpDDa7GtreqfiTZIyR6no1P3V6mf2:QGU0rBfgIu6nopVA

Entry address:
0x464A

Entry point:
E8, 41, 96, 00, 00, E9, 44, 8F, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 18, 02, 00, 00, 53, 8B, 9C, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 53, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 7B, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, 55, 07, 00, 00, 53, E8, 4F, 07, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, 26, 06, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, DB, 08, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F5...
 
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Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://cdn1.drivereco.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1198857&checksum=2872177&filename=Setup.exe&cb=1502909384&executable=1198105

http://files4.downloadnet304.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1198857&checksum=2872177&filename=Setup.exe&cb=-2138103383&executable=1198105

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