alarm-clock_setup.exe

Optimum Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application alarm-clock_setup.exe, “Alarm-Clock Setup ” by Optimum Installer 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from install.optimuminstaller.com.
Publisher:
OptimumInstaller  (signed by Optimum Installer)

Product:
OptimumInstaller

Description:
Alarm-Clock Setup

Version:
2.0.16

MD5:
46f672fc9ad23e62dda0f33285e288d0

SHA-1:
5b92f8ec6685f45aaa69cce0fa525af0ce304e20

SHA-256:
ded96770056479cb2fb560a0d0846c62ef5a807b82cc148cd1a545c6ccac1213

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
11/2/2024 5:25:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.OptimumI.Bundler (M)
16.4.26.8

File size:
682.7 KB (699,048 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.16

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\alarm-clock_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/7/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Optimum Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Optimum Installer, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
0809956535A889F9931BDEF10FF6814A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2012 6:15:51 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FwjboiYyBcx4VPfZjwR7JYFrBIGIA55mu4nkdU4BRU2cAvKy6psh:Fwj0iYyGWVPfZjwpJYFrBIGR8u4krPXL

Entry address:
0x5C113

Entry point:
E8, F3, DC, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 8B, 4D, 08, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, 33, FF, 89, 4D, F8, 89, 5D, FC, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 21, 39, 7D, 14, 74, 1C, 3B, CF, 75, 1F, E8, D5, 0E, 00, 00, 57, 57, 57, 57, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 57, E8, 48, C6, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5B, C9, C3, 8B, 75, 18, 3B, F7, 74, 0D, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10, 39, 45, 14, 76, 21, 83, FB, FF, 74, 0B, 53, 57, 51, E8, 6C, C4, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, F7, 74, B9, 83, C8, FF, 33, D2, F7, 75, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.5168

Code size:
487.5 KB (499,200 bytes)

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