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tweetzsetup.exe

Tweetz Desktop

Mike Ward

The application tweetzsetup.exe, “Tweetz Desktop Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the InstallMonetizer platform which will donwload and install adware toolbars and other potentially unwanted software offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from mike-ward.net.
Publisher:
Mike Ward

Product:
Tweetz Desktop

Description:
Tweetz Desktop Setup

MD5:
1394c5712c560c7c689004f84246f7ad

SHA-1:
4a726367c95424df13101bf241761119ee76005f

SHA-256:
96b62e74a6a2bb7cea28f8123c8c715345d45e632e93d98ccfb734c462cb86b5

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:24:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AF
8.9757

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMonetizer.Bundle (M)
16.3.10.15

File size:
670.6 KB (686,696 bytes)

Product version:
0.8.19

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CQiGazL8+iDNdRjuJ5rLDiUuKw9sOW47RgCcL1GRl7q3C8pJth:CQif38DdQJ9DMKGsOW49eCl7uh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file tweetzsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mike-ward.net/content/.../tweetzsetup.exe

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