setup.exe

Numlock 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 Numlock Apps 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from sub.enimoth.info. It is part of the Brightcircle group of web-extensions that inject advertisements in the browser.
Publisher:
Numlock Apps  (signed and verified)

Description:
Rxhvtretlmgg

Version:
20.18.25.11

MD5:
805132dee87008b0dac4a30441c90ad2

SHA-1:
c4651536507a1ee4094edb4f3dea0345e797b2ae

SHA-256:
57342bddb9a7ccc8ed943930d77b713b85cd6e2e62925349006b6580f756b246

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.

Analysis date:
6/29/2025 11:45:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.NumlockApps.F
14.10.14.12

File size:
11.4 MB (11,948,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

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:
8/27/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Numlock Apps, O=Numlock 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:
34E54C953CED93CA3918EF9B1B0A8F93

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2012 8:54:38 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:nVROQaE+Wam7RpqUurtzd7f++8124w0TZKV0rTdryoOxNjI4xc:VRh+7mFpqUcdD++tYZKV0rZm9gIc

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)

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

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