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utorrent.exe

Beni

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.exe, “Beni 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.downloadsbundlebyte.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
3578894d81eece9c9b4f5939bd943942

SHA-1:
a28c69a2d184d2df23f809e6e783cd5b9d44d8ca

SHA-256:
42d59e0286504ff3524b1bae43e24172ad693776ab6f69737c0ca11beecb9173

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:
5/16/2024 8:13:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.24.18

File size:
1007.6 KB (1,031,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.3.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\utorrent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2017 12:59:59 AM

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:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0mC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:0f3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

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 utorrent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=QNOZFZVPGce5/xb jgjrw/3/.../O33yYOmmYxTY6PHpEE1joZGGXmX4RDpMKC4mNhcjdYqu9DapyK8kVIaoTNyC5KpKqPCfNX1bGydO0YSeJpepZjQS0GqcHgyeSBJF0&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

http://www.heartcontentvault.com/c?x=3w/VitOgPp1HAE/h rFjYh83us1wLBMSRBH5GZhTQCk=&c=luQbVn4 LUrAFT/T8kLl9U te JjvCvpnZdPD3Qb8BylbrlLOaS/.../&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=NqkQ/fG5YHZ//ZwdAsErAvw7IFeggKLW825qAuDZb2k=&c=vY5CsHcoQo7SbAXoEJNhJ70lMRw8fWbPAL5MVze79uhaecvxCBMyw1YvhWWGDcb7Vx/.../&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=E8Bu6B7bMzT60AB bwGQBTvGIjn ZKdhM2ki6FfEBtU=&c=gmautp/.../FQA8c4E92lRgyDfOnOGezoCdzmR1&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

http://www.downloadsbundlebyte.com/c?x=7FuSRxov4xCkVbSJOT57k3x63kXvIBj/.../GD6a6mYhSuxETgNimU04fzhGNdcYVRMJUqDRXlZz6So5GB8wHh3l iQhlObgvXfo&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

http://www.hostgifthead.com/c?x=erGeKaEBzpf3zzlomTfxN8ppsCE P03yEdHTGXUOl8Y=&c=Q1nFkwL5/aIs3BwEEmHEUTuuDLEiwc7 6NspejVHbuz5OT0yj0yutvk7H/.../2naSOzfiqUdOEuxE7l&downloadAs=uTorrent.exe

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