setup.exe

Anton Kulichenko

The is the installer for the WebPick InstalleRex download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application setup.exe by Anton Kulichenko 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 WebPick InstalleRex installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address r1.stylezip.info on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Anton Kulichenko  (signed and verified)

MD5:
83c6cfb5feb1fad7f4e03cab10e6e797

SHA-1:
dafda7a9b224cfeaf3da3616b26dc7a245df6243

SHA-256:
c9900d4fc1261f7a70df8927b635a7c429727e8c84f33a856fe9a027b10ef794

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:40:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick.AntonKulichenko.Bundler (M)
16.1.31.19

File size:
1.5 MB (1,613,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\tweaking.com - windows repair\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/2/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/3/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Anton Kulichenko, O=Anton Kulichenko, STREET=Engineering 7, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=01013, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E406368A873FE17B8962DA09A05F7B2E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2014 4:27:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:lZ5RLelH7mWnESH8V8bomGzkjDQfjDe5jnY:vLkHN/DomGzWkfjD8Y

Entry address:
0x10BAB

Entry point:
E8, BE, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 88, 21, 42, 00, E8, 9F, 21, 00, 00, E8, E0, 07, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 51, 4A, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 10, 38, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9093  (probably packed)

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to r1.stylezip.info  (54.186.255.26:80)

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