setup.exe

Conversionads

The application setup.exe by Conversionads has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform. The file has been seen being downloaded from moozymusics.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Conversionads  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7efb6964a489685dc06481100c5f0e0d

SHA-1:
e72a95cd42b9531c2c1a76b9f5c36da10219dd5f

SHA-256:
d15ebc688225aebfb48fae6232cdb34e199518d93f869194cc4727ba5a703018

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:47:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.107.46

AVG
Agent.F
2015.0.3357

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AZ (variant)
8.8906

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.W2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
SoftwareBundler
t3scan.2.0.127

Malwarebytes
v2014.09.08.07

McAfee
Artemis!7EFB6964A489
5600.7013

Microsoft Security Essentials
1.163.1557.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Conversionads.F
14.9.8.19

File size:
1.2 MB (1,230,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/29/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/30/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Conversionads, O=Conversionads, STREET=Am Weinberg 5, L=Neubeuern, S=Neubeuern, PostalCode=83115, C=DE

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

Serial number:
00F87F8F45F7BF3EBF80C41AFC59A6916A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:uh8Li7O8kvGcbs2OSzKjd6rLDBkY78aoSQCd5topySVRk3h:e37O8QpstR6rLDn78aHtf0VRk

Entry address:
0xD6430

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, AC, C7, 41, 00, E8, 6C, D5, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7605

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
869.5 KB (890,368 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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