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setup.exe

Spiral Media

The application setup.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.nextadtomorrowfiles.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Spiral Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spiral Media

Version:
78.6.1.397

MD5:
ef93c5e6abb03fe3abf6b1f087195a76

SHA-1:
d257bd2a89e87c8af219aa832f32a81cfda3fb56

SHA-256:
05eb886f899f66d249a7ff31f534384a420169e54f55dac049cbd7b522897272

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:
6/22/2025 8:28:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMedia.Bundler (M)
16.1.16.19

File size:
871.1 KB (892,032 bytes)

Product version:
78.6.1.397

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2015 8:46:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 8:17:39 PM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
028EC22ABAD314A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 8:09:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Grt1YpDDa7GtreqfiTZIyR6no1P3V6mf2:cGU0rBfgIu6nopVA

Entry address:
0x464A

Entry point:
E8, 41, 96, 00, 00, E9, 44, 8F, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 18, 02, 00, 00, 53, 8B, 9C, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 53, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 7B, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, 55, 07, 00, 00, 53, E8, 4F, 07, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, 26, 06, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, DB, 08, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F5...
 
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Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cdn.nextadtomorrowfiles.com/c?x=YkOHtCYKB0U5VH8kqrwNReCdRTfae3kU90k0gaG4sL0=&c=9Y60eKzL3u hLz6IIUzG/amt3czPdu38R/tOMqgcUNloh7GkVyZOwcizktowYBVQRa/Ea/9ww 6bq4x/gPO cA==&downloadAs=setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../fdminst.exe

http://files4.downloadnet1194.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1191699&checksum=85807&filename=setup.exe&cb=703679744&executable=1198105

http://files4.downloadnet1194.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1191699&checksum=85807&filename=setup.exe&cb=-311181079&executable=1198105

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