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whitesmoke_ignitioninstaller.exe

Ignition Installer

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application whitesmoke_ignitioninstaller.exe by Ignition Installer has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from content.ignitioninstaller.com.
Publisher:
Ignition Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c1bd4bbcda9dbb954c8014e332553484

SHA-1:
0aadac227f14870d9c539db2b2af462ca9477dcb

SHA-256:
f0061a9c67d14d20eb8496b1be7d14f052e7a79fa9d7558b4c3128d05f1e210a

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 5:45:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IgnitionInstaller.CC
15.1.8.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0703
7.2.8

File size:
223.3 KB (228,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ignition Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/11/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/8/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ignition Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Ignition Installer, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1FD055D1404C62D90F067E086F0FADAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yQq0hhggzleiqZ1tePsTYoFyhOcfLSBdH8K:1vgol5qZ+kT3yhF2BR8K

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8086

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://content.ignitioninstaller.com/stub/.../Whitesmoke_IgnitionInstaller.exe

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