utorrent setup.exe

DarwenDLM Downloader

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, “Web Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
DarwenDLM  (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
DarwenDLM Downloader

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34970

MD5:
6a15fc65ea947fecaf4ce54145127d81

SHA-1:
adf5a061e082cf3d44a3d2f48b38e9a5bbdae3d2

SHA-256:
2f51c7ad5016c2267e78649eb0e8892250dd7e863ecbfbe71143228b41e15925

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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 6:19:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1529

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WQ potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11135

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.installCore
15.2.14.11

File size:
691.7 KB (708,320 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34970

Copyright:
DarwenDLM

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

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

Valid to:
1/7/2016 5:59:59 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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:z5NvGPJa76BMfZ1lkxlA/QximVKaqZ6fTxxX6r/Jndm2MBF5dC9a:z5NvSoSMRvQQmimxqr/NdBM989a

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:
7.8918

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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