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Theta Installer

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application apache openoffice.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Apache OpenOffice but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
LiveSoft Action  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
Theta Installer

Version:
9.23.3.1

MD5:
25452601f271d4c23b71da0934f62b38

SHA-1:
53d9ab6467b483348b35760417bf50bb4d8990ce

SHA-256:
5ed4c36bea9957233b9f66460707924c546f5577cc15f9afbfdcbfd1ff503407

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:24:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.LiveSoftAction.Bundler (M)
16.2.7.4

File size:
1.2 MB (1,244,696 bytes)

Product version:
9.23.3.1

Copyright:
(c) Live Soft 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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\apache openoffice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction SRL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/3/2015 12:24:08 PM

Valid to:
3/3/2016 12:24:08 PM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, L=Bucuresti, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112115C730891244FB88071FE814148E0E53

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 9:57:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:u0ff/Atv+i1kU9tEG8B4nZDr4x59YUtETgvk2c+fFF78f2yirk:JAtv/fyGDnl8z9YUWwBhr89

Entry address:
0x2F86F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 10, 5E, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 00, E2, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,146,880 bytes)

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

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

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