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steam.exe

installation process

SETUPPROCESS

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application steam.exe, “Installer Manager” by SETUPPROCESS has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downloadnuchaikainug.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
SetupProcess SL  (signed by SETUPPROCESS)

Product:
installation process

Description:
Installer Manager

Version:
1.0.1.40

MD5:
35f1a485d7960f1e0932d4d4adbfb3e7

SHA-1:
1e20f80ee8981972635038d5240772c72a9fd130

SHA-256:
6488994a90e2a59f9ae8374a0a1e231e63cf1e0f4e6d2a3418639357526603cd

Scanner detections:
30 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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:
4/25/2024 2:50:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Application.Bundler.Firseria.1
917

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.C
7.11.131.80

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140802

AVG
Luhe.Fiha
2015.0.3395

Bitdefender
Gen:Application.Bundler.Firseria.1
1.0.20.1070

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Firseria-10
0.98/19246

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.BCB
17778

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.3675
9.0.1.0214

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9417

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Firseria
8/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/Firseria.B
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Application.Bundler.Firseria
11.2014-02-08_7

G Data
Gen:Application.Bundler.Firseria
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of winzip.exe (Adware)
2014.9.11.9

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12926

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
14.0.0.3468

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller.A
v2014.08.02.10

McAfee
Artemis!80FF18707AF9
5600.7011

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Application.Bundler.Firseria.1
15.0.0.642

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Morstar.cthxhs
0.28.0.57630

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.02.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM11.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SETUPPROCESS.F
14.8.8.3

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.97

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0209
7.2.214

Trend Micro
TROJ_DOWNLOADER_DD3003D0.UVPA
10.465.02

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
26416

File size:
248.9 KB (254,832 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.28

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

Original file name:
installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SETUPPROCESS

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/26/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2014 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=SETUPPROCESS, O=SETUPPROCESS, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A8ABFC7C80D0C2F0A3A89CF6139A91D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2014 8:02:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:gM+rYpivc/oKDnY+ySrs9obojzhom2f/1zNa+MrTklQcTy7pIIn:wrw8oNZyVhV2H1Za+6TkLTy7pIIn

Entry address:
0x6F3B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 43, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, FC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.6538

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

The file steam.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dl.downloadnuchaikainug.com/n/3.0.30/.../Steam.exe

http://www.download366.com/steam/download/.../182

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