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asbsetup.exe

Amazing Software Products

The application asbsetup.exe, “Advanced Searchbar for Windows” by Amazing Software Products has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Wise Installer installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Advanced Searchbar for Windows  (signed by Amazing Software Products)

Description:
Advanced Searchbar for Windows

Version:
3.26

MD5:
3034c88ca77512fdf7cf2366a67b2ad7

SHA-1:
c6dbbaafa21c509e706adac7c94c72ed2bbe63e0

SHA-256:
f38836264e646c91d4368571f6e30f61f9bf83a00208ea496b64e89ecf8618d5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:31:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
16.8.7.20

File size:
1.9 MB (1,963,168 bytes)

Copyright:
2006

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Wise Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Amazing Software Products

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2005 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/8/2006 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Amazing Software Products, OU=Amazing Software Products, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Amazing Software Products, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
591782A34606331D5AA6EEBCBADABF5F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/8/1999 4:24:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:1/kJpQx3/ty9SVvr20GyEjekNalR+fHjbWEDsMgT88NebO1l1cGeUdo:1sJpQx3k9SVv606p3Y48YbOdcGDy

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 78, 05, 00, 00, 53, 56, BE, 04, 01, 00, 00, 57, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 33, DB, 50, 53, FF, 15, 34, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 56, 50, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 50, FF, 15, 30, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 3D, 2C, 20, 40, 00, 53, 53, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 8D, 85, 94, FD, FF, FF, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 50, FF, D7, 83, F8, FF, 89, 45, FC, 0F, 84, 7B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 50, 56, FF, 15, 28, 20, 40, 00, 8D, 85, 98, FE, FF, FF, 50, 53, 8D, 85, 90, FC, FF, FF, 68, 10, 30, 40, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9967

Packer / compiler:
Wise Installer Stub

Code size:
512 Bytes (512 bytes)

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