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Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Statscom 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer.
Publisher:
Swift Smooth Setup  (signed by Statscom)

Product:
Swift Smooth Setup

Version:
71.6.1.6630

MD5:
a61cbf92987d90dcbd8f3a580e5f829a

SHA-1:
fcc437225c6c6a532adb3657ff80902947833041

SHA-256:
5827f9a856f86ae1e2e4bad09f13883065bbd2e830dcf67581bd82f7b637707d

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 5:03:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.9.2.11

File size:
866.9 KB (887,672 bytes)

Product version:
71.6.1.6630

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\steam\steamapps\sourcemods\gmod9\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Statscom

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/16/2015 5:36:38 PM

Valid to:
9/16/2016 5:36:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00A7546255E5A1349D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2014 8:59:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:NqLHcOtHUqfu7PnyfgIvJs+SHeF3QDS1qoOV8fU7sDbBfadwMi:kHvlLu7/yfgUs3H+QbVSU7Bdni

Entry address:
0x1683

Entry point:
E8, F8, C1, 00, 00, E9, FA, BA, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, 6C, 24, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, ED, 76, 69, 53, 8B, 5C, 24, 10, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 1C, EB, 08, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 8A, 04, 1F, 0F, B6, C8, 80, B9, 68, 4A, 41, 00, 00, 75, 1E, 8D, 96, 0C, 02, 00, 00, 39, 16, 72, 09, 56, E8, 71, 40, 00, 00, 83, C4, 04, 8B, 06, 8A, 0C, 1F, 88, 08, FF, 06, EB, 0A, 56, 50, E8, 0C, 20, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 47, 3B, FD, 72, C4, 85, ED, 76, 0E, 68, 9C, FF, 40, 00, 56, E8, A5, 40, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 5E, 5B, 5F, 33, C0...
 
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Entropy:
7.9694  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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