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setup.exe

FriendsChecker LLC

The application setup.exe by FriendsChecker has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.friendschecker.com.
Publisher:
FriendsChecker LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0d592821f99118704066e2d6cb747ff7

SHA-1:
f3cce15b1e0bc0c51b0846904ec60f826d9c0416

SHA-256:
5f330286189ed8f47e9a3ed3b258dc634d607f5d4debaf21edfa43c59fab39e9

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:52:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16028

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExFriendAlert
9.8255

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup(1).exe (Adware)
2015.6.22.19

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriendsChecker
15.3.17.0

VIPRE Antivirus
FriendsChecker
17104

File size:
1 MB (1,088,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
FriendsChecker LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/21/2012 6:32:11 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2013 12:50:39 PM

Subject:
CN=FriendsChecker LLC, O=FriendsChecker LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DE, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
07CF8C68061834

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 5:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:BZQMFe38Hcij+Ia6e5ja1zTcZyIpgrhVEgiZnSnnVZQMHI:BSzRWbHcZyIo8giZnoSsI

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://d.friendschecker.com/FriendsChecker/409/.../Setup.exe

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