setup.exe

Blueis

This is the Tightrope WebInstall 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 Blueis has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Blueis  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5b148dd7d052d9d6fe34e70faefe0306

SHA-1:
da8500bbf2db5ed2979a285ebf04d3d145322297

SHA-256:
c04efa776263d5e6aed716328f5c3b1ff9de4ccb6c658ad9a39055216828a065

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 12:15:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAdmin.P
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:DownloadAdmin-H [PUP]
2014.9-150419

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3135

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin
0.98/20384

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.DAGL
21912

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.27
9.0.1.0109

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.20.17

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.203.15720

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.XPACK.dprfbr
0.30.20.1219

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Tightrope.Bundler
15.4.19.0

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.TNECKHC
37.1.62.1

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
39676

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.239245
2.0.0.2155

File size:
653.5 KB (669,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Blueis, O=Blueis, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, 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:
58AC2B1B2E1E80F003ECEE0F41F4124A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 10:35:11 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qKCFG+pl1Hp7p4ZkuRt4Zh3UdOxouSdWE7uglrB/jmN7Trkfcn+z/jH:q3Xxp4Zkuf47kdtdZ7uC/jmlrDn+z/jH

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9728

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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