setup.exe

Volonet Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe by Volonet 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 installCore installer.
Publisher:
Volonet Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
52d74797b910eea8e54f50fac8c3ce68

SHA-1:
ac783ed2fa3415dd8c5a9f7f13c1d44afe6446f9

SHA-256:
ca64094ca20935dfca7532ff3b55f9fea21b545dd52eded4758a4c4035a36aed

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 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:
4/25/2024 2:31:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.8.27.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,138,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/10/2012 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/25/2013 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volonet Ltd, O=Volonet Ltd, STREET=hazfira 19, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=67778, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00D9EB879A7F4ADB713BB56F5D9EA449DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:vKV9M5sWUBMgsYSRZMqOoM2/7udSiyQ5TEYqL882QEP:yVtWUSgsan2/7udSRI

Entry address:
0xCB580

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 0C, 34, 41, 00, E8, A6, FA, FF, FF, E8, 61, FF, FF, FF, F6, 44, 24, 2C, 01, 74, 05, 0F, B7, 5C, 24, 30, 8B, C3, 83, C4, 44, 5B, C3, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 34, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 30, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 2C, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 28, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 24, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 20, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 1C, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 18, 11, 47, 00, 8B, C0, 53, 56, BE, E0, 05, 47, 00, 83, 3E, 00, 75, 3A, 68, 44, 06, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, A8, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
829.5 KB (849,408 bytes)

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