home

setup.exe

The application setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-instantly.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
5d7299f4da614d7916eab0bfa79f4d5c

SHA-1:
c895dcdf73cd020b237efba25ba82ef81daecef8

SHA-256:
59d880133429477c582e224e88a1bea7fc54524c8808d34940b29f63c9cebf0d

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:55:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.195.56

avast!
Win32:Installer-I [PUP]
141130-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3261

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt.Win32.InstallCore.D
20357

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.101, Adware.InstallCore.122
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R.gen
4.6.5.141

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.CJ
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.SoftwareBundler
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.187.14319

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IronInstall
v2014.12.13.08

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcuoai
0.28.6.63850

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.12.13.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.InstallCore!6.4
23.00.65.141211

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.08

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10179

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
35418

File size:
641.6 KB (656,952 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yqHyMJfsV5SIAl9U7GKx4mHB8loHk/YwFsRPBJVRZCsworEpHecd9+/N:HHyMJfs37AlaxrXH8sPBJvnWebF

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.7414

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download-instantly.com/is/http://sdlc-esd.sun.com/ESD6/JSCDL/jdk/.../jre-7u25-windows-i586-iftw.exe

http://sdlc-esd.sun.com/ESD6/JSCDL/jdk/.../jre-7u25-windows-i586-iftw.exe

http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/.../AutoDL?BundleId=79071

http://download-instantly.com/is/http://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.0.7/.../vlc-2.0.7-win32.exe

http://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.0.7/.../vlc-2.0.7-win32.exe

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.