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Bage

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 c.exe, “Bage 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.metapresenttours.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Darwen Marketing Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Bage

Description:
Bage Setup

Version:
5.5.4.3

MD5:
4840a24ad9dd4403d1e4fe4d6391f067

SHA-1:
4603415f68bed670e7f1c850501accfe4cc01ee5

SHA-256:
61e91f35d9c1d6d39496a4565d7512584268844f653fd87950f320dbdf46cdeb

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:
11/1/2024 8:34:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMa.Installer (M)
16.3.9.23

File size:
1013.4 KB (1,037,688 bytes)

Product version:
3.8.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\c.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2017 4:59:59 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:
1F1F22B813CDB509DAAD9139C753C40F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cqkRgzlGUy5dJ6zP5XvMCpBSDbF/X1IhsyPRhIT0miGNGK:cZWZGz5+zxXvVXSDpv0sM8VNG

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.9096

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file c.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.metapresenttours.com/c?x=EKlD2Waqv6tWWEVXTqZOzN9zzitD/S85kKnGkfyF4mM=&c=9xacxJI7iPsGg0F5 LaRpy9t xvzIfsFshvrJ5vVKO4BWry 7OurcTh 4rZwvdNYbxLqBJwYji3TfSyBsse8V NEOzkAU2JHraoiRUOvTe eCSGyABej0GKBmyWnJUc &downloadAs=Opera Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=HzTw97YwvgajuDlCarUTtrUQdN3pRNyXIBPSNBYsTtc=&c=jwB4KfrrA8btRrZpsrqU2Z8Oy7 6LZ9J/fsc24vJhFIeG5irIiXIbs7Rt7o5YgNPyfQjr4GQHUk94M66hpv0PJzIJmDNCK1rSqAi4/HUkZKueUE61etoG5ZIkEt01cVA&downloadAs=Opera Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=W qT5OS2pxbzucmrJL916svN zt8GcSbDOdgCrmKxnE=&c=IQwRg5X/tzdy9nd kUN UZqGFNqFiLpaqHmdA9ZOibP728B bkHErMPpymIG8rm5hzrshPtC0QxKShaSpYeYYdsmQM9ZGMRZxWKgGNq0vpKdOJ9 4qx95u 5x2TH/lfh&downloadAs=Opera Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

http://www.updatefunpresent.com/c?x=7uVLJtQib31rK2BA8yCSK305b3yhHyzwEN5Prg3xuic=&c=XA9JKoJHWutqRvCJ23XMYayhzU7kbf/47w1WW/Er7GuW159RzAE8b2Vk8RCshXa0NB1I6 kbL8J2qjouxDD8KGQUSXIogtHlY1wEs87ELUXJLrGI84KGXi03tx/hdfnc&downloadAs=Opera Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downloadfree4.com/.../download.php

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