zipsetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application zipsetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 16 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:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
16e3ecc1778c8b0289e0dd554c66c863

SHA-1:
ff4bc1a15c39c6c4763bf78fbdf45d3d1fccfa04

SHA-256:
8d76835a2c916f16109a572009144806ec5862afa728c220426e7605a978de1b

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
5/10/2024 11:51:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
866

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Injected
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.164.128

AVG
Inject2
2015.0.3398

Bitdefender
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
1.0.20.1325

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0210

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
8.14.09.22.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected.D trojan
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-464ded6b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MultiInstaller
t3scan.1.6.1.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.OHZ@bqhNp9oG
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.MulDrop5.cyuvef
0.28.2.61148

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.I
14.7.29.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
29418

File size:
1 MB (1,076,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/12/2008 6:43:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3uUEKZXNUrDZ6Zx1N17Izom7ZuPV1/pqk8+vd4Upful0YQn5zpa45l:3FQwdDIzom7ZODF9dd40fzpT5l

Entry address:
0x6A770

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 24, 9B, 46, 00, E8, CC, BF, F9, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 78, 6B, FF, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 12, 8A, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, 40, CD, 46, 00, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 28, 85, 46, 00, E8, 6A, 6B, FF, FF, A1, 2C, CC, 46, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 96, 6C, FF, FF, E8, C1, 9F, F9, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5360

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
421.5 KB (431,616 bytes)

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