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Setup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application Setup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from tweaks-soft.com.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ceabf48a536e427723a38acc5a741c27

SHA-1:
f0fe2c516551d9444b278e769f969bb6912fbd09

SHA-256:
f185e68e4b5c84bf8679f0182099782bef3b93372e54bef7f2706d53f5c7a400

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/20/2024 1:47:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0103

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.F
14.4.13.4

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28214

File size:
2.1 MB (2,188,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/2/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

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

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/1/2014 2:47:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:82r4+LTmO/mSzJ+1IWIU9QX2SrpuknltEJNIqtkyvuae3G+lso:8C+O/hwPvgrpHyJtkyvut

Entry address:
0x372F

Entry point:
E8, 53, 3E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, F4, D1, 40, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 5C, D0, 40, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 20, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 20, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 20, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 20, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Entropy:
7.9006  (probably packed)

Code size:
45 KB (46,080 bytes)

The file Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://tweaks-soft.com/.../download.php?br=3&pio=177&uid=

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