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Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer 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 Ignition Installer 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 Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from vtgtrk.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6.191

MD5:
ed21806452fb08045a02239667d8c8cb

SHA-1:
ff1105b37a225f55b45bb9b7bb241cc9c2fb213d

SHA-256:
441e7f6c5dbaf428c0a8d0f92f9fac71b297dacbc8faa2e681561898f7753762

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 7:05:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Verti.Ignition.Bundler (M)
16.6.29.10

File size:
248.8 KB (254,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6.191

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ignition Installer

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/17/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/16/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4AD02B79DCF38F3E9774567F4C94AC58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/14/2015 5:56:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:fTVLKP8t/Su6VwCO4qEqGdacXR7v89lS7k9CK0wkoSaa:bVLQb5o445M49CxNoSaa

Entry address:
0x169500

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 10, ED, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 55, 79, 16, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, F6, 94, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.9729  (probably packed)

Code size:
236 KB (241,664 bytes)

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

http://vtgtrk.com/?a=1320&c=2876&s5=gameitnow/dld/garrysmod&hash=wFx4ly8vHyWDnWFcNwHGATkSAtxUkopHe6A7sZerLhaZpQ_Tes3Laz_A4ez5i72HKWYObiQP9-VX3tdqFdSRtcUZKehmD9S09FHXx091iIgBBjm-2Z6pgt6-Pi_oVFtMNGcNLNlOFZxMISbdPpT9OxjpZxeDqgt41NeIvS7L8p2fOdwdavfgjj6iXWuRmipWi-p_4ngglW3vDXU63Y2mrd5bFVH9dCHQgeRtsDRp_tY9jQWP-f88gPxoIA4psvAL9iJSYtSh0dmnvJESmaTFCT7YtyIF_eDRsrIzIyG3GnQsXllg5tJrGx1M4OnX7JObKbOg_wnkA21FdxE1ZCr-jA,,&ignts=142708853354131286&ref=http://www.gameitnow.org/dld/.../

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