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Download Ship

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Download Ship 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.sureinstall.com.
Publisher:
Application   (signed by Download Ship)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
07c7f9117e0e1cc95411988a1192f61b

SHA-1:
face780f931efeb68c85a19de15d91bac4b4a7f0

SHA-256:
da372c21d1335bb8f93f8b7fc7be855dc40beb5a910bf2330ad3311326e73c87

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
5/21/2024 3:58:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.19.1

File size:
795.6 KB (814,736 bytes)

Product version:
5.3.7

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Ship

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/26/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Ship, O=Download Ship, STREET="1930 Village Center Circle #3-1234", L=Las Vegas, S=NV, PostalCode=89134, C=US

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

Serial number:
3205F0A598C4107AE3ADC64267F5AC51

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Brz95FFfNiB0IXbhSqTtxqYELZWDu9eP3ZGriV:BHJ+BnVSqTtxqYELZWC63ZGriV

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.8917

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://download.sureinstall.com/download/917/.../

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