setup.exe

Premium Installer

The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from s.premium-apps.net.
Publisher:
Premium Installer

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
4fbbc33827a041299cd6fd3a7bd8c91b

SHA-1:
9a175d8b7efbc18d3f010116e24005c601d0bcaf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 1:29:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OptimumInstaller.Bundler.Installer.Meta (M)
15.12.21.22

File size:
221.8 KB (227,104 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
OS bitness:
Win64

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

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