» skype_setup.exe
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skype_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application skype_setup.exe by Premium 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer.

File name:

skype_setup.exe

Publisher:

InstallManager (signed by Premium Installer)

Description:

InstallManager

Version:

2, 1, 0, 0

MD5:

dfe99c15e6b6cff6216b91d4c3bba593

SHA-1:

2fb3bf9c50aac4e6443a436cc453a172287035cf

SHA-256:

666c69601c89bc56296daf57c1c1fad4910831ed27fd6390c719e90f8da9048c

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

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:

4/23/2024 5:02:43 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge.PremiumInstaller.Installer (M)

16.2.14.18

File size:

1 MB (1,066,648 bytes)

Product version:

2, 1, 0, 0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Adknowledge Fusion

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\files\skype_setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Premium Installer

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

7/12/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/2/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium Installer, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:

35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/23/2013 4:10:14 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:MtYyeUB6qfD5Z7X6F6Y5bSma2jrAo7LixeuqYbFF:K/P4qftZD6Ft5bSmaSrAoPiDqkv

Entry address:

0x3CBC

Entry point:

E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, B2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, B0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63... 
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Entropy:

6.9159

Code size:

103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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