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angry birds halloween provided through ads med network cpa.exe

Alpha Installer

LiveSoftAction

The program utilizes the Appscion Download and Install manager, an adware distribution bundler from SIEN SA. The setup program includes ad-supported toolbars and utilities. The application angry birds halloween provided through ads med network cpa.exe by LiveSoftAction has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the SIEN SuperInstall installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent.
Publisher:
LiveSoft_Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction)

Product:
Alpha Installer

Version:
9.13.4.1

MD5:
144d4da0d7f2e7b3eb185f2098c6ee61

SHA-1:
5b87900d3a22e0f0c3dd06e2a9e821bc346c93fa

SHA-256:
36a1107162c7ae79be702305dd9f067496c5f2551dc1796400e4558f91522dea

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a modified installer that uses the Appscion to bundle adware.

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:
11/5/2024 1:53:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
580

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3154

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.GetNow.DI
21591

Dr.Web
Adware.Iminent.28
9.0.1.089

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
8.15.07.04.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/GetNow.H potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-04-07_7

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of panasonic rr-qr230 user guide provided through pdfretriever.com.exe (Adware)
2015.7.4.17

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.LiveSoft
v2015.07.04.05

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
16.0.0.555

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.49
11.20150704

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Sien
15.3.30.18

Sophos
PUA 'Live Soft Action' (of type Adware)
5.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40828

File size:
914 KB (935,936 bytes)

Product version:
9.13.4.1

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoft_Action. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\angry birds halloween provided through ads med network cpa.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/9/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/10/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction, O=LiveSoftAction, STREET="64-66, Mezzanine", STREET=Dionisie Lupu Street, L=Bucharest, S=ROMANIA, PostalCode=010458, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
0DB89F49425D87D205160442DA55CE38

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/26/2015 2:53:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:g2oSaf5lTlufs3zjVpx1NsOG6/1mfWuBzT02xyJPy0p:g2oSaf5lTlufs3PVpx16cpEzTRgJa

Entry address:
0x251600

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 58, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, E7, 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:
7.9090

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
816 KB (835,584 bytes)

The file angry birds halloween provided through ads med network cpa.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://stapi.fastinstallwiz.com/api/.../setup.exe

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