setup.exe

Setup

WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application setup.exe by WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS 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:
Premium  (signed by WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD)

Product:
Setup

Description:
Installer

Version:
2011.8.9.1906

MD5:
aee1a79d67efe53c93024ffdccfa9d57

SHA-1:
ddcf75be27d4cbaa07176703ed9af4caeeed2405

SHA-256:
a6cb6be88bc513c3e99593efd52ec874af7b7481bdd4c16cf6e12149c3a035b4

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:
4/25/2024 1:27:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebPick (M)
17.3.6.10

File size:
196.6 KB (201,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2010 Premium

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
WebPick InstalleRex

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2012 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD, O=WEB PICK - INTERNET HOLDINGS LTD, L=Ramat Hasharon, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
5EAC6DE3D7E9F2DD8E3EDA0B72C306CA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/8/2011 2:25:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x14AE

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 24, 0A, 00, 00, 53, 56, 33, F6, 57, 66, 89, B5, DC, F5, FF, FF, 89, 75, F4, 89, 75, FC, FF, 15, 68, 30, 40, 00, A3, 00, 40, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 30, 40, 00, 89, 45, F8, 68, 04, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, EC, FD, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 60, 30, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 22, FF, 15, 5C, 30, 40, 00, 50, 68, B8, 33, 40, 00, E8, 77, FB, FF, FF, 59, 59, C7, 05, 04, 40, 40, 00, FF, 00, 00, 00, E9, F7, 01, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 58, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 48, 3C, 03, C8, 66, 81, 38, 4D, 5A, 0F, 85, BC, 01, 00, 00, 81...
 
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Entropy:
7.9174

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
7.5 KB (7,680 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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