setup.exe

Laroste Apps

This adware is a web browser extension that will inject advertising in the browser in the form of unwanted banners and text-links which may link to malware sites and install unwanted software. The application setup.exe by Laroste Apps has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Nullsoft Install System installer. It is built using the Crossrider cross-browser extension platform. While the file utilizes the Crossrider framework and delivery services, it is not owned by Crossrider. It is distributed as part of the Brightcircle group of browser-extensions.
Publisher:
Laroste Apps  (signed and verified)

Description:
Wyrpsbbreleey

Version:
10.19.22.0

MD5:
352c5c7c2a1106733a5b561cbf506d5b

SHA-1:
a1f9e7ac54d9564e211885cb1ad365e3eeed9798

SHA-256:
8e6342009eab727f5c4864d7d82631d9c89a41f79321d8b896fa540ddc809916

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The software may change the browser's home page and search provider settings as well as display advertisements. Distributed through the Brightcircle investments brand.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:26:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/CrossRider
2014.10.28

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen
7.11.181.214

avast!
Crossrider-BJ [PUP]
150602-1

AVG
Could be a potentially harmful program Toolbar.Crossrider
2014.0.4311

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Crossrider-31
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.Crossrider1.25848
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BH potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Adwapper
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
v2015.06.04.07

McAfee
Artemis!352C5C7C2A11
5600.6744

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Chgt.dghpsp
0.28.2.62841

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.NSIS.r4 (Not a Virus)
6.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.LarosteApps.F
14.10.19.16

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.FC91D8C6
7.2.155

Vba32 AntiVirus
Trojan.GoogUpdate
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4789396
40828

File size:
11.6 MB (12,116,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/28/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Laroste Apps, O=Laroste Apps, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009EFC01D81F792E8B74E2AA245D97A66B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 1:54:38 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:tQnCglG5i1qF+Xxpub7hHQUzv74h/BrhIRn+5j5oH/2xk9EwM0FqoZWxC:tQCg058qIXuvV+/BrOR+96hywzYxC

Entry address:
0x4101

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, B3, 7C, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, B4, 7C, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, B4, 7C, 00, 56, A3, 6C, 23, 7C, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 3B, 00, 00, A3, C8, 23, 7C, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, A9, B2, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, B4, 7C, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, AA, B2, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994  (probably packed)

Code size:
32.5 KB (33,280 bytes)

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