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setup.exe

Installer

Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.

This is the Amonetize 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 Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Amonétié Ltd (signed by Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.)

Product:

Installer

Version:

1.1.2.41

MD5:

8a88d51bbde79dd78b803263ee834050

SHA-1:

cb96a3ee0241d09b1ce84767911a331ed279d246

SHA-256:

2e9b60bef1f104aa667579a6b4b4d2e3566c5f02abd7a775a0e51a9bd94caa1c

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:

4/27/2024 4:16:51 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Amonetize.ShetefSolutionsConsulting1998.Bundler (M)

16.2.15.18

File size:

149.6 KB (153,216 bytes)

Product version:

2.1.12

Original file name:

Installer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Amonetize Downloader

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd.

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

7/23/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/24/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd., O=Shetef Solutions & Consulting (1998) Ltd., L=Rannana, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

7C23DBB97FAFBB9D28D413F836202024

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/20/2013 3:39:05 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:LhCTd7NS1/F55pfjcyJ83xLj5B5kDu8zISe29Nra8uBxv2z:sTd81cq83xLj/MK0Nu8che

Entry address:

0x59C00

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, A0, 43, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 70, FC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

128 KB (131,072 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www.softologic.com (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):

Connects to www.ibbalance.com (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com (54.221.252.69:80)

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