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setup.exe

Surf Island Solutions

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 Surf Island Solutions has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.freevideoconvertergo.com.
Publisher:
Surf Island Solutions  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9b8e724b68abd01dec6dd5418840a9bd

SHA-1:
a29cb72f3dac4f30fa38ed4b69ae2c806391e5d2

SHA-256:
17722d27c14ce9b7861da6de2cf6d55f00bf41479576a1422eb98fcac2d60b49

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
5/6/2024 7:11:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3107

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.79
9.0.1.0136

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.J.gen (variant)
9.11634

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.VideoConverter.A
v2015.05.16.02

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Yontoo.dqgtsc
0.30.24.1357

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Injekt.Installer
15.5.16.10

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
40262

File size:
4.5 MB (4,728,288 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:
Surf Island Solutions

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/22/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Surf Island Solutions, O=Surf Island Solutions, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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

Serial number:
469A400E8DB23A4BD7FDB0D3C842CDCC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:x7x+eDeBRaDr0uK/xB2yburQig3Vjzm7R5372RGLxm7BkNMxtB:x7IeKDak//xBKWmbiRH7BkNMx3

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:
7.9846

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://d.freevideoconvertergo.com/VideoConverter/227201/.../Setup.exe

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