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setup.exe

Pour Over Digital

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application setup.exe by Pour Over Digital 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadmanager105.com.
Publisher:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer  (signed by Pour Over Digital)

Product:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer

Version:
60.6.6.1765

MD5:
dbc74c8f5371e6f13e10137deba6cdb3

SHA-1:
1e518f7045464aefcc5e21b11576b0600ec94e0c

SHA-256:
19b112a49c07603597e341df6b2578f557d9504ddd8cdc462734964b41004e82

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:
4/26/2024 4:02:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.10.20.8

File size:
756.7 KB (774,896 bytes)

Product version:
60.6.6.1765

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pour Over Digital

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/5/2015 7:10:45 PM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 3:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Pour Over Digital, O=Pour Over Digital, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
77CE82AAAA1A4470

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/25/2014 6:45:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:lVepajkAGKIHZW2yBFGnk7d5qddMWFvW2LPp1tFChspvmtREjCTm:OzOyIFG+5qddDhH3oVLEjCTm

Entry address:
0x1EFBE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9226

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadmanager105.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191729&pid=adknowledge&brand=adknowledge.com&aid=adk&s=adsupplymfusie&c=EMB02&country=US&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&cb=-758219753&filename=setup.exe&productKey=nfbggpwuas55oijwyevclhpn3fgit2oy&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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