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adblock setup.exe

Lotacepab

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 adblock setup.exe, “Lotacepab 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bytehostbulk.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Falusose   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Lotacepab

Description:
Lotacepab Setup

Version:
3.8.4.4

MD5:
d2489243bbd5a6b01c9b45f9c6299b9c

SHA-1:
f93499a30a3e63cb733fe7f1064c735efb798178

SHA-256:
f31bfdd1dfe728a643b273564e4fee711cff003440c5ed3572470a2b70eff6d6

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:
11/27/2024 1:36:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.24.15

File size:
1014.8 KB (1,039,128 bytes)

Product version:
3.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adblock setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2017 6:59:59 PM

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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:c1UD+IEILGTewEIKzX68O/ad5gF2SYq/6QgsyQE3Jt7tU8LwIbYwe:ce6IEIqCnzK8sUCF2hsyb3JhtXbf

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9078

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file adblock setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.bytehostbulk.com/c?x=X85X5JC55sMvX6Z1O9QwOlVPS0hLOqw JW3eggQOCS8=&c=s784Y9MKl4/BeqG7sn2aaqi8/2ZTVZXyiqKWjzLmAClS3/fhjgz3Hedx8BcxgsJdaMsepJ1qmxq0WJDYywkyQ/5gXE096XIx6uw4milSxhB2zQ/eHQ86WmC6kvDWsg E&downloadAs=AdBlock Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

http://www.stocktowersoftware.com/c?x=oyuwrjCTBc5hKgzDdcidjfdzjcN326v/pQ7/x44d06c=&c=c4GmoV1slt3k4jQiXe1HyEVxfJ5taZPbaIlPgk k1BNPVKUsUeCt8PdCkKbvFBff/XP6macTbdXBMm7ZfGcaz 6aWpWMlN5CDrBZwHrLNau/vAERs4a5zA4ZBY9lp98I&downloadAs=AdBlock Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://.../download.php

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