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bad piggies.exe

MetaInstaller

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 bad piggies.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 file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.wvtxtalk.com.
Publisher:
LiveSoftAction  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
MetaInstaller

Version:
10.6.3.0

MD5:
91ee95a5daf07d3b31e9b00a760df316

SHA-1:
520b1814206a5bfcf90c4f3550715922575b7348

SHA-256:
58071a551f302a45ede5d4dac10db012f9c9e9faf5c20eff5ec5de265ef3a409

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:
2/25/2025 11:48:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.LiveSoftAction.Bundler (M)
16.2.18.8

File size:
602.9 KB (617,360 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.3.0

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoftAction. 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\bad piggies.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction SRL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2015 11:08:38 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 11:08:38 AM

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

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00E5EF1873B1E13477

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2016 4:24:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:52lsEzJO9D23VnzykQ3kLzMCo2ulfmwHDk3Kwu2/Z:52lsCJO9DSzTpMC6Ook3K12/Z

Entry address:
0x4B265

Entry point:
E8, 01, D3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, F6, 74, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F6, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, EA, D9, FF, FF, C7, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 3C, 0F, AF, 75, 10, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 74, 09, 53, E8, 31, 68, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F8, 56, 53, E8, 0A, F4, FF, FF, 8B, D8, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 15, 3B, FE, 73, 11, 2B, F7, 56, 8D, 04, 1F, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 12, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, C3, 5B, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B...
 
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Code size:
401.5 KB (411,136 bytes)

The file bad piggies.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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

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