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utorrent setup.exe

Software Installer

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application utorrent setup.exe, “Software Installer Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 installCore installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.completebundlecounter.com.
Publisher:
Generic Internet   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Software Installer

Description:
Software Installer Setup

Version:
4.2.5.0

MD5:
c1440b7d84214814dd053370dd18d7f7

SHA-1:
8a1af6e53a12f9132119764eb06da1c44cbf919d

SHA-256:
6239e3aaa2d8d22ce5e6c7c064f463eda064f686e41ab70e60703b6b06596282

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
6/23/2025 9:52:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.29.22

File size:
802.7 KB (821,992 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.3

Copyright:
Program Soft Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ivr3swuqT2tWh9OLhNjJtC7W1FExdB08NTJ:IjJT2tWh0LhNTC7WH2BhF

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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Entropy:
7.9165

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.completebundlecounter.com/c?x=hJHOr3da9szzSRpxuGSFF FFBkQ6veGrWDS3az3gV o=&c=o7M9kDaHXVT f 3aJs9ea3D738Jxix8wTIZws6MRl8DzpViyWv hA3jUELc9p9AvfEi9vowpUMD/rWozM5eWcDS5i10yLIE1z2J87hcr/ bf/v8yec2P MSPcl0NJOpu&downloadAs=uTorrent Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

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