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The application setup.exe, “Web Installer Setup ” 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from software-files-a.cnet.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Internet Web

Product:
Web Installer

Description:
Web Installer Setup

MD5:
fed64562030840f01c5f1d2a3ff50f0a

SHA-1:
9fcf3058a8c250a14cb942ff106b74458293642b

SHA-256:
2e89dd9ebf3e0475b3fee50ff5f02fe402aba4e4251a3cf6e83e48418fdae08b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:30:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.1.27.8

File size:
509.4 KB (521,606 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C1aGTASOzZ0vubAFKCLhk+DlZJK+Rl7q3C8pJth:C1auDOkJFPhkRkl7uh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9241

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/11/92/24/.../setup.exe

http://www.official-drivers.com/setup.exe

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