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setup2.exe

Big Water Applications, LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application setup2.exe by Big Water Applications has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
UpdaterResponse  (signed by Big Water Applications, LLC)

Product:
UpdaterResponse

Version:
3, 0, 0, 1

MD5:
7ded217dd6cabce80b1c282f3e317ad1

SHA-1:
c190a0487653d604e3f76dc31b59a2f887716662

SHA-256:
0ef504401f6c2c87c516ab3c5aa472a41ecd2c568b100174dfc08789e8ccf518

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
5/26/2024 3:16:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.12.6.9

File size:
921.6 KB (943,720 bytes)

Product version:
3, 0, 0, 1

Original file name:
response.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Big Water Applications, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/21/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Big Water Applications, LLC", O="Big Water Applications, LLC", STREET=640 Grand Ave, STREET=Suite E, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0088DD6A4DF46D819C84B9E99D7A0530C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2013 9:28:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jRvP1R3Q6m1lYfrFD9pOTPWDuy1j/YAYSjCw+Rkj:1vdRyCrB9mWDD1kSjCw2kj

Entry address:
0xA2DBF

Entry point:
E8, 6B, B2, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 74, 12, 83, E8, 08, 81, 38, DD, DD, 00, 00, 75, 07, 50, E8, A4, BC, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, A1, 50, 6F, 4D, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 8B, 55, 18, 53, 33, DB, 56, 57, 3B, D3, 7E, 1F, 8B, 45, 14, 8B, CA, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, C2, 2B, C1, 48, 3B, C2, 7D, 01, 40, 89, 45, 18, 89, 5D, F8, 39, 5D, 24, 75, 0B, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 00, 8B, 40, 04, 89, 45, 24, 8B, 35, 60, C2, 4B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6843

Code size:
747 KB (764,928 bytes)

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