setup.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer 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 Ignition Installer 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 Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5.16

MD5:
552e2550d8bd0acaf34ce3db2c46b9c9

SHA-1:
b8baec01251f6f7e34bb11335dbaa10586c55c03

SHA-256:
8014136fa780cccebaa0a01910d9832f44a75ef9ccec7d29e304005bd527331e

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:
4/26/2024 6:09:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IgnitionInstaller.Installer (M)
15.7.23.23

File size:
249.6 KB (255,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.16

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
65D958D8BB65D4B474DD2C27E4483253

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 11:37:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:pIz/iSKI3ciBKjY1UbMDO30D5XTtN/eR+wovDKGj/0Uq9O3EnNoSNU:NSRcikjpbAc0DZTt9tDKGwUP2NoSNU

Entry address:
0x169740

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 2F, 97, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9741  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

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