home

setup.exe

Sail Machine

This is published and distributed via an Adknowledge's advertising supported (adware) software installer. The application setup.exe by Sail Machine 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.fileldr08.com.
Publisher:
Sail Machine  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bb4133316d4ac72e586c43416effe4c1

SHA-1:
f9b41d1e1881d8a02af0a92789e3577a8f3a20a7

SHA-256:
b699ceb4c006c8917fda1dcfc4175950c63de63312b1a20cdff48be94f085e46

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 10:19:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.15.14

File size:
112.7 KB (115,376 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sail Machine

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/18/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sail Machine, O=Sail Machine, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=MO, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
154B9B31F2A8A6600A6A48ABEE07D149

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2016 9:19:02 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x32A0

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 5F, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, A2, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 4F, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, B8, 82, 40, 00, 56, E8, C9, 30, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 5C, 81, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 80, 3E, 00, 75, EA, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 21, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 1A, 31, 00, 00, A3, E4, 4E, 43, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.4429

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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

http://secure.fileldr08.com/.../setup.exe

Remove setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.