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SETUP DOT EXE

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by SETUP DOT EXE has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from 562014.installic.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by SETUP DOT EXE)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
1.3.7.2

MD5:
93f3e064be29efdbb760bbd48ce92e97

SHA-1:
fa97912a00606c77b05f305955e6bc2be07bcd67

SHA-256:
e5b68be6e28110e5c6aa3b64ba19aeb206f1645096870869ca4ddbc341cc8566

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
4/26/2024 7:27:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
993

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.150.60

AVG
AdPlugin.II
2014.0.3950

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.Z
18286

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AA (variant)
8.9813

G Data
Application.Bundler.Agent
14.5.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12109

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3852

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.05.17.02

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!93F3E064BE29
5600.7127

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Badur.cxladi
0.28.0.59911

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SETUPDOTEXE.F
14.5.8.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14515

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29310

File size:
242.3 KB (248,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.7.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SETUP DOT EXE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SETUP DOT EXE, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SETUP DOT EXE, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
348784BF9B5AF7CB50276EA8463A9048

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/5/2014 4:05:41 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:HrzmpD3p4zaKZqEwpk1hL/rLr92rVAdd5+w3JiSQg9OPB59KpV9:LzcZ4Xqfk151aSd5TohKpV9

Entry address:
0xFA32

Entry point:
E8, 85, 65, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, D2, 42, 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, 3C, D0, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.3857

Code size:
176 KB (180,224 bytes)

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

http://562014.installic.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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