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winrar setup.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 winrar setup.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Beni

Description:
Beni Setup

MD5:
af67c10bf03b44110df857a27f0cb2b9

SHA-1:
f2b736e6a935b1205b8566645885371e12dadfc2

SHA-256:
f450e18ef9cf7291b2dc964275fa232efc862b7eeb6b0087d6aa41a34343a61f

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 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:
5/16/2024 8:34:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.6.27.21

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)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\winrar setup.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 1:59:59 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:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:omC2dUuHKAsjmBXsvrPXxj9ddUrxnkrmeqz9+OYIws:of3qSXxj9d2tkrVYtYh

Entry address:
0xA5F8

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.heartcontentvault.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