bittorrent setup.exe

Pehef

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application bittorrent setup.exe, “Pehef Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.capitalvaultsbits.com.
Publisher:
Dalem   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Pehef

Description:
Pehef Setup

Version:
2.2.1.3

MD5:
890161c2058ea0fa7dc9dbf042944aa0

SHA-1:
0d979750e59f809484df9286edb90f2b9c98c862

SHA-256:
0ca30bedcfd0e2d539342b5892ec5c5d1f613493d9666d6fb90ffa6fda1f6d56

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 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:
12/27/2024 4:04:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.3.16.8

File size:
1.2 MB (1,219,344 bytes)

Product version:
5.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bittorrent setup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/5/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/6/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
62F49EACB0C5AF4CF423CFED4D82E339

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9840

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file bittorrent setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.capitalvaultsbits.com/paxYZWpVI8Hq4q886HFdkhmf6X09Db4CBMNKWWYfbMQD6SpUUD2dIPTL7cxDdF_O0hX8DJwhjnaZZQ5EiZ3F2_oKkumJxCuUmnYEOv_RIGgr2H45id7BIQa H2DWQVnrZkRuzNFvPIcZY0IfeA DEy1mpReTf8GS6M5vyY1yIfVm1C7YEugnYHvxNUYOpjMxl4ZNEOAPw pMyT8Z9rL7kmbfIO7vAg==-Gy4AAMRtbL4czZcnlxLBRA7Y20rggPjGOA_kjZEf7HTREDH695VrkssG

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