setup.exe

Bundlore Ltd

This is the Bundlore download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Bundlore 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 Bundlore Downloader installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.downloadcodex.com.
Publisher:
Bundlore Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
75668de07667e0debf3c0da3016e3321

SHA-1:
addc794e5563995e2a475f645f8b48204133e77c

SHA-256:
0caa54d9345d221d39c370e4db9b99f856e480830325abb3b11671964d95f8e3

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:
5/9/2024 1:12:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundlore.Bundler (M)
16.4.19.20

File size:
336.2 KB (344,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bundlore Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/8/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Bundlore Ltd, O=Bundlore Ltd, STREET=Ahad AhAm 21, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6515103, C=IL

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

Serial number:
2B4EA37F3705B7372B8ACBBA6F2CB424

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2014 4:26:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:GqxnWPozeF3BSjLbii5bkgVuN+xSKV7Wkrsf7LsNvL8DQtwf1:lBWPoz4RiXikbkgaISKVZYZf1

Entry address:
0x4CDF

Entry point:
E8, 98, 48, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A8, A1, 41, 00, E8, AB, 1D, 00, 00, E8, 80, 2F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 2B, 48, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, EA, 3F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.8516

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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

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