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setup_ca.exe

Creative Island Media, LLC

The software will display additional offers (such as adware) during installation including a browser toolbar/extension as well as advertising injection software (part of the Injekt brand). The application setup_ca.exe by Creative Island Media has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. While running, it connects to the Internet address update.betterxperience.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Creative Island Media, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5dca03ed4d4530175917fe51253d208a

SHA-1:
cc17a948e25ba80c7c416ad13994f5e374231d11

SHA-256:
0500e026a5e93a93a34be74f2aa7335827e4440818eb6d1c9e4a9b3cd5cf77fd

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/25/2024 11:34:46 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
941

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.159.112

avast!
Win32:BHO-AMO [PUP]
2014.9-140709

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
1.0.20.950

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18815

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.128
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
8.14.07.09.02

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
11.2014-09-07_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.CIM
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.CreativeIslandMedia
v2014.07.09.02

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.143453
15.0.0.570

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic.dbxmou
0.28.0.60698

Norman
Malware
11.20140709

nProtect
Adware.Agent.NUF
14.07.09.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.CreativeIslandMedia.I
14.8.7.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4784449
31088

File size:
3.6 MB (3,811,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Creative Island Media, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/20/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Creative Island Media, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Creative Island Media, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
68F23F4D2767F6491DEA9186F2E5CB89

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/6/2009 3:41:59 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:rDUj0MPdIP9HKrnw3udllrEi0gjdn77GRZoO:3E0M1IlqTDrlrEROn7aRZoO

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9884

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to update.betterxperience.com  (54.218.62.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.pullupdate.com  (54.230.15.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d.betterxperience.com  (54.230.13.123:80)

 
http://d.betterxperience.com/updater/dedu.txt

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