tp-link tl-ant2405c driver provided through ethandrivers.co.uk.exe

Theta Installer

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application tp-link tl-ant2405c driver provided through ethandrivers.co.uk.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer.
Publisher:
LiveSoft Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
Theta Installer

Version:
9.23.3.1

MD5:
4fb00c1d8ea7dc0bae836379d05c8b65

SHA-1:
211a70deeb1c4fc9cd6df962c2c4ab5fc3f6425b

SHA-256:
77221397ce348cc5e2e25a430db556b33aca9e9163fd07ebbf05759f6fd18a05

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 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:
4/29/2024 5:18:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien (M)
17.3.15.11

File size:
1.2 MB (1,244,736 bytes)

Product version:
9.23.3.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\tp-link tl-ant2405c driver provided through ethandrivers.co.uk.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/3/2015 12:24:08 PM

Valid to:
3/3/2016 12:24:08 PM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, L=Bucuresti, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112115C730891244FB88071FE814148E0E53

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 9:57:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x2F86F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 5E, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, E2, 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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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,146,880 bytes)